Poly-(ADP) ribose polymerase enzyme and uses thereof

ABSTRACT

Poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) becomes activated at sites of DNA damage and is thought to promote repair by modifying local chromatin proteins and transcription factors. Disclosed is an isoform of PARP, PARP-e, which lacks enzymatic function and which is encoded by a gene having a novel structure. Also disclosed are methods of modulating chromatin structure resulting in modulation of gene activation, gene repression and chromatin condensation and decondensation.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/399,460, filed Jul. 31, 2002, incorporated herein in its entirety.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

[0002] This invention was made with U.S. government support under grant number GM-27875 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The U.S. government has certain rights in the invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] 1. Field of the Invention

[0004] The present invention relates to the identification and cloning of a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzyme lacking catalytic activity and methods of modulating chromatin structure.

[0005] 2. Related Art

[0006] Cells within multicellular eucaryotes as they develop build complex tissue-specific chromatin architectures to express certain genes and silence others (reviewed in Farkas et al. 2000. Gene 253:117-36). These intricately acquired chromatin domains must be preserved when chromosomal DNA is accessed for replication and repair, and when reprogramming is required it must be precisely targeted. In diverse eukaryotes, protein ADP-ribosylation plays important but imperfectly understood roles in apoptosis, gene transcription and in preserving chromatin during DNA repair (De Murcia, G., and Shall, S. 2000. From DNA damage and stress signalling to cell death. Poly (ADP-Ribosylation) Reactions. (New York: Oxford University Press; Ziegler et al. 2001. Bioessays. 23: 543-548).

[0007] Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP1) is the major nuclear source of this activity in mice. The zinc fingers of the PARP1 protein specifically recognize DNA nicks and breaks and PARP activity is strongly increased upon binding to such sites. The bound, activated protein transfers multiple ADP-ribose moieties from NAD onto local chromatin proteins such as histones, topoisomerases, polymerases and transcription factors (Poirier et al. 1982. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 79: 3423-3427; Menissier-de Murcia et al. 1997. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 94: 7303-7307). These modifications facilitate base excision repair by transiently dissociating target proteins from the chromosome to expose the lesioned area, by down regulating transcription of the affected genes, and by modulating the activity of checkpoint and stress regulatory proteins. The newly repaired region returns to a normal state after PARP downregulates its own activity by automodifying a specific domain and the chromatin proteins, freed of ADP-ribose groups by a specific glycosylase, reassemble. In contrast, if damage it too extensive, PARP is specifically inactivated by caspase cleavage as the cell commits to apoptosis (Kim et al. 2000).

[0008] A great deal of biochemical and cellular evidence supports the idea that PARP removes chromatin within damaged regions to facilitate DNA repair (de Murica, 1999). Moreover, mice mutant for Parp1, one of at least five murine genes encoding PARP-related proteins, though viable and fertile, are severely compromised in their ability to repair DNA lesions (Dantzer et al. 1998. Nucleic Acids Res. 26: 1891-1898). Mice with defective PARP1 genes develop into fertile adults, hence a developmental role for PARP1 has yet to be established (Wang et al. 1995). However, four other mouse genes encode distinct ADP-ribosyl transferases with related catalytic domains (Amé et al. 1999. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 17860-17868; Kickhoefer et al. 1999. J. Cell Biol. 146: 917-928), including a telomere-associated form known as Tankyrase (Smith et al. 2001. Science. 282: 1484-1487), so functional redundancy may have obscured such a role.

[0009] Data suggesting that PARP-mediated chromatin stripping is used in other contexts has been lacking. For example, Parp1 knockout mice in addition to their damage susceptibility display dramatic immune defects, characterized by an inability to induce genes controlled by NF-κB transcription factors (Kameoka et al. 2000. Biochem J: 346:641-649). However, this defective immune response may be explained by the disruption of specific complexes that PARP forms with transcription factors such as YY1 (Oei et al. 1997. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 240:108-111), p53 (Mendoza-Alvarez et al. 2001), PAX6 (Plaza et al. 1999. Oncogene. 18:1041-1051), and NF-κB itself (Hassa et al. 1999. Biol. Chem. 380, 953-959) rather than by action at the chromatin level. Consequently, roles for PARP beyond its duties as a stress response regulator and transcriptional cofactor remain to be established.

[0010] The model eukaryote, Drosophila melanogaster, has the potential to support detailed genetic studies of PARP function in both physiology and development. Its genome contains a single gene, Parp, related to mammalian Parp1 (Uchida et al. 1993. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 90: 3481-3485; Hanai et al. 1998. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 11881-11886), and one homologue of tankyrase (Adams et al. 2000. Science 287: 2185-2195). The protein specified by the major Parp transcript, PARP-I, includes all the conserved domains characteristic of mammalian PARP1 except a canonical caspase cleavage site. Parp-I transcripts are expressed in nearly mature ovarian follicles and throughout embryonic development, but were not detected in larvae (Hanai et al. 1998). Parp-II transcripts lacking the automodification domain are produced via differential splicing of a single exon (Kawamura et al. 1998. Biochem Biophys Res. Commun. 251: 35-40). However, genetic studies have been hindered because Parp is located deep within centromeric heterochromatin, and its exons are scattered among several contigs that remain unlinked to the euchromatic genome sequence (Adams et al. 2000).

[0011] Drosophila development has been extensively studied to determine how changes in chromatin structure contribute to specifying programs of tissue-specific and temporally regulated gene expression (reviewed in Farkas et al. 2000; Gerasimova et al. 2001. Annu. Rev. Genet. 35: 193-208). Zygotic transcription begins during the first 14 embryonic nuclear cycles concomitant with the establishment of heterochromatin and of nucleolus formation (Foe et al. B. 1983. J Cell Sci. 61: 51-70). During subsequent embryonic and larval stages, chromatin domains are refined under the control of multi-protein remodeling complexes (reviewed by Cairns, B. R. 1998. Trends Biochem. Sci. 23: 20-25; Jacobs et al. 1999. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 10: 227-235). The role of NAD-requiring enzymes in these processes is poorly known, but in addition, Parp Drosophila contain a gene structurally and functionally related to the NAD-dependent histone deacetylase encoded by the yeast Sir2 locus (Barlow et al. 2001. Exp. Cell. Res. 265: 90-103; Rosenberg et al. 2002. Cell. 109: 447-458).

[0012] However, recent genetic studies in Drosophila melanogaster show that PARP plays a much more general role by organizing chromatin at multiple points throughout the life cycle (Tulin et al. 2002). Flies bearing mutations in the single Drosophila PARP gene display extensive changes in both the repression and activation of chromosome domains, and die during the transition between the 2^(nd) and 3^(rd) larval instar. Heterochromatin remains abnormally accessible to nuclease, and the transcription of certain repeated sequences such as the copia retrotransposon fails to be repressed. Nucleoli are defective, and at least some specific genes seem also to misfunction as Parp mutant larvae frequently arrest development during metamorphosis. Tulin et al. (2002) proposed that the genetic requirement for PARP resulted from its involvement in locally stripping and re-assembling chromatin under developmental control. However, it is difficult to rule out that these effects were secondary to disruption of transcriptional co-activation.

[0013] Drosophila chromatin normally undergoes many highly programmed changes during embryogenesis that could be targets of PARP action (reviewed in Farkas et al. 2000). These events continue during larval development through the action of chromatin remodeling complexes (reviewed in Simon et al. 2002. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 12: 210) and histone modifications (reviewed in Wolffe and Guschin, 2000). The larval polytene chromosomes reveal that dramatic programmed chromatin alterations continue within specific euchromatic regions that form puffs at the site of newly activated genes (reviewed by Ashburner and Berendes, 1978). Many developmental puffs are induced by the moulting hormone ecdysone and contain steroid hormone response genes or their targets (reviewed by Thummel. 2000. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 32:113-120).

[0014] Others puffs are rapidly induced at the sites of stress response genes following heat shock (reviewed by Farkas et al. 2000). Despite their association with induced transcription, puffs are neither necessary nor sufficient for high level gene transcription (Meyerowitz et al. 1985), and their biological significance has remained unclear.

[0015] Thus, the effects of proteins on chromatin structure are varied and influence gene transcription and expression. There is a clear need, therefore, for identification and characterization of proteins which moduldate chromatin structure, both normally and in disease states. In particular, there is a need to specifically, and in a controlled manner, manipulate chromatin structure and re-programming so as to effect expression of a gene or genes of interest in order to treat or prevent disease and/or to manipulate biological processes in vivo and in vitro.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0016] The invention is directed, in one aspect, to a method of modulating chromatin structure, the method comprising altering expression of PARP-e.

[0017] The invention is also directed, in another aspect, to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 or Genbank Accession No. AF533702. In another embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).

[0018] In another aspect, the invention is direct to an isolated PARP-e protein which comprises an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. In a different aspect, the invention is directed to an isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to amino acids 1 to 613 of SEQ ID NO. 2 wherein said protein has the activity of modulating chromatin structure.

[0019] In a yet a different aspect, the invention is directed to an isolated polynucleotide molecule selected from the group consisting of a) a polynucleotide molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a polynucleotide molecule which is a fragment of a); and, c) a polynucleotide molecule which is the complementary nucleotide sequence of (a) or b).

[0020] In yet a different embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated PARP-e protein having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2; and, b) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1; c) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10); and, d) the amino acid sequence encoded by an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).

[0021] The invention is also directed to a method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a first early insect embryo; b) culturing said first embryo to produce an insect of a first mutant strain; c) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a second early insect embryo; d) culturing said second embryo to produce an insect of a second mutant strain; e) mating an insect of said first mutant strain with an insect of said second mutant strain; wherein larvae that contain both said first and second mutations show inhibited growth as compared to an insect not comprising both said first and second mutations. In a different aspect, the invention is also directed to a method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) contacting embryonic insect cells with a composition comprising an effective amount of a dsRNA molecule specific for PARP-e, wherein contact with said dsRNA molecule inhibits growth of said insect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0022] FIGS. 1A-F. Structure and expression of the Drosophila Parp locus. (A) Deduced genomic structure of the 300 kb Parp region; open boxes are sequenced. The arrangement of the exons encoding Parp-I is shown above (Uchida et al. 1993; Hanai et al. 1998). Below, the position of three unlinked Drosophila genomic contigs (thin black lines: AE002935, AE002666 and AE002892) homologous to Parp-I exons are shown at right (Adams et al. 2000). Pm1 indicates the Parp-I promoter deduced from 5′ cDNA sequences (Hanai et al. 1998). A single cDNA isolated from early ovarian stages, GM10715, comprises the 5′ and 3′ regions of the alternatively spliced Parp-e transcript. The 5′-most 273 bp of GM10715 matches the genomic sequence flanking a P element insertion, CH(3)1 (Zhang et al. 1994. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 91: 3539-3543). A map of this region (left portion of figure) was constructed by chromosome walking using a P1 genomic library (Kimmerly et al. 1996. Genome Research. 6: 414-430) (below, thick black lines). The two resulting scaffolds were sequenced and found to span four small pre-existing genomic sequence contigs (thin black lines) and to link to a fifth (AE003403). The color code indicates which portion of PARP is encoded: DNA binding (red), automodification (purple), catalytic (blue), non-coding (green and yellow). (B) Multiple Parp transcripts. A Northern blot of poly(A)-containing RNA from the indicated developmental stages reveals both a 3.2 kb RNA, the size predicted for Parp-I, and a 2.6 kb RNA, the approximate size expected for Parp-II and Parp-e. Parp-homologous RNAs are abundant in both ovaries and embryos, and are reduced but still detectable in second instar larvae and adults. (C) Whole mount in situ hybridization using a 1.4 kb cDNA probe from the DNA-binding domain common to all isoforms labels Parp RNA in nurse cells and in oocytes from stage 9-14 follicles. (D) RT-PCR using isoform-specific primers (see diagrams) that distinguish between Parp-I (or Parp-II) and Parp-e demonstrate that Parp-e is produced in ovaries and embryos, but not at detectable levels in 2nd instar larvae, or in adults outside the ovary. (E) Nuclei are shown from brains of third instar larvae expressing a Parp-I-DsRed fusion gene (see Examples). Protein is abundant in the chromocenter (C), the nucleolus (N) and at sites within euchromatin. (F) Third instar larval brain nuclei stained with anti-poly(ADP-ribose) antibody 10H show that protein-associated ADP-ribose is found in the same regions as PARP-DsRed.

[0023] FIGS. 2A-B. DNA sequence of the heterochromatic region containing Parp. (A) A diagram summarizing the sequence organization of the region as determined from this study (see Examples) and from Adams et al. (2000) is shown. Genes defined by cDNAs sequenced as part of this study are shown in red (boxes are exons). The names of retrotransposons (black) and of transposons (blue) are given above the region of homology represented as an arrow (arrowhead-3′ end). Regions containing only small sequence blocks related to a particular transposon are indicated by parallel bars. The position of the CH(3)1 insertion and the location of the putative Parp promoters Pm1 and Pm2 are indicated. Gaps in the sequence of known or estimated size are represented by hash marks. (B) An ideogram of chromosome 3 heterochromatin shows the cytological region of CH(3)1 insertion (Zhang et al. 1994). Below, a chromosome set from a CH(3)1/T3 third instar larval neuroblast is shown that has been hybridized in situ with a Parp cDNA (green) and transposon-specific sequences (red). The partial overlap of the Parp and CH(3)1 sequences indicates that Parp and CH(3)1 are located near each other in 3 R heterochromatin. (Note: the TOTO-3 used for this confocal micrograph does not reveal full morphological detail; but chromosomes were also scored using DAPI; CH(3)1 was localized previously to h55 (Zhang et al. 1994)).

[0024] FIGS. 3A-E. The CH(3)1 complementation group disrupts Parp expression and activity. (A) Timelines of development of wild type (above) and CH(3)1 homozygotes (below) are shown. The fraction of animals at each developmental stage are plotted as a function of time, revealing the strong developmental delay caused by CH(3)1. (B) Preparation of larval mouth hooks, which distinguish larval instars, are illustrated showing the characteristic appearance of the normal 12 mouthhooks (left) and of mouthhooks from CH(3)1 mutants arrested at the onset of ecdysis 2 (right). (C) Northern blot of poly(A)-containing RNA from wild type larvae and four days old CH(3)1 larvae showing reduced levels of Parp 3.2 kb mRNA. (D) Proteins labeled by ADP-ribosylation in wild type (wt) and CH(3)1 mutant larvae. An autoradioagram of a gel of ³²P-labeled protein is shown (see Examples). The prominent band at 117 kd in the wild type has the expected molecular weight of PARP itself. Stained protein in a segment of the same gel is shown as a loading control. (E) RNAi treatment of embryos eliminates detectable Parp mRNA in 16 hr embryos and larvae. An RT-PCR assay recognizing all forms of the Parp transcripts is shown; primers specific for the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (Adh) gene serve as a loading control.

[0025] FIGS. 4A-C. Parp mutations or Parp (RNAi) elevate copia transcript levels. (A) A Northern blot of total RNA from 2^(nd) instar larvae of the indicated genotypes was probed with copia sequences. The 5.5 kb copia transcript is overproduced up to 50-fold in CH(3)1 or CH(3)4 homozygotes, and in CH(3)1/CH(3)4 trans-heterozygotes compared to wild type. An rp49 probe was used as a loading control. (B) Quantitative RT-PCR shows that injection of Parp-specific RNAi, but not buffer, causes copia RNA to be overproduced. Primers specific to Adh served as a loading control. (C) copia RNA accumulation does not cause lethality. Injection of mutant CH(3)1 embryos with RNAi specific to copia suppressed the accumulation of excess copia RNA and resulted in the elimination of all copia transcripts detectable by RT-PCR within 16 hours. Sequential dilutions of the RNAi gave a graded response. However, the treatment did not rescue larval lethality.

[0026] FIGS. 5A-D. Parp mutations alter nuclear morphology and chromatin accessibility to nuclease. (A) DAPI stained nuclei from 2^(nd) instar larval salivary glands of wild type (upper) or CH(3)1 mutants (lower). A single nucleus is presented at higher magnification in the insets. Nuclei in the mutant appear more diffuse, have a less distinct chromocenter and lack the region of low DNA density caused by the presence of a normal nucleolus. (B) Nuclei from CH(3)1 mutant larvae were treated with increasing concentrations of micrococcal nuclease (triangles) prior to DNA extraction, digestion with PstI and analysis on Southern blots probed with a copia or GATE probe. Pst digestion produces no small internal fragment of copia or GATE resolvable within the molecular weight range of the gel. At all concentrations, retrotransposon specific sequences were far more sensitive to digestion in the mutant. (C) The same analysis as in (B) was carried out using nuclei at the indicated times after injection of Parp-specific RNAi. copia sequences from RNAi-injected animals become increasingly sensitive to micrococcal nuclease digestion at increasing time after RNAi injection, compared to buffer injected controls (C). (D) Micrococcal nuclease assays were carried out as in (B) and analyzed with a probe from the Parp gene region encoding exons 3, 4 and 5, and with probes specific for the single copy euchromatic genes actin 5C and rp49. Parp sequences are much more accessible to digestion in the mutant, including a band containing exon 3 and Pm1 (asterisk). To ensure that experiments with heterochromatic and single copy probes were comparable, the same blot was used for copia, GATE, actin 5C and rp49. The blot assayed with Parp in (D) was re-probed with copia as a control and showed the same differential digestion as in (B).

[0027] FIGS. 6A-D. Expression of Parp-I or Parp-e cDNA rescues defects in CH(3)1 mutants. (A) Partial restoration of normal nuclear morphology by expression of Parp-1. Immunofluorescent detection of the nucleolar antigen AJ1 (red) and DNA (green) is shown in larval salivary glands of the indicated genotypes. AJ1 staining alone is shown on the right. In CH(3)1 mutants (center), AJ1 is cytoplasmic rather than in nucleoli as in wild type (left). Expression of Parp-I cDNA (right) restores nucleoli and nuclear AJ1 staining in a mosaic manner; note cells at the top of the figure with normal localization, but cells near the bottom still show a mostly cytoplasmic distribution of AJ1 reactivity. (B) A Northern blot of RNA from larvae of the indicated genotypes shows that Parp-e cDNA expression greatly elevates the level of 2.6 kb Parp-e mRNA and also of the 3.2 kb Parp-I mRNA. Note that copia-specific RNA accumulation is greatly reduced in CH(3)1 mutant larvae that express Parp-e cDNA. rp49 hybridization serves as a loading control. (C) A Western blot of proteins isolated from larvae of the same genotypes as in (C), and probed with an antibody specific for poly(ADP-ribosyl) moieties. Expression of Parp-e cDNA in a CH(3)1 homozygous background increases the amount of poly(ADP)-ribose-modified proteins to levels greater than in wild type. As in the wild type, diverse protein areas are affected, the most prominent of which is the size of PARP-I itself (shown). An actin antibody is used as a loading control.

[0028] FIGS. 7A-E. Parp^(CH1) and Sir2⁰⁵³²⁷have opposite dominant effects on the variegated expression of GAL4/UAS constructs. The variegated expression of an Arm-Gal4 driven UAS-Tim17B-DsRed construct (A-B) or a UAS-Sir2-DsRed construct (D-E) is modified by background genotype. In a Parp^(CH1)/+background (A and D), expression is strongly reduced compared to expression in a wild type background (B and E). Similar variegated expression of the same constructs driven by 69B-GAL4 is almost completely suppressed in a Sir2⁰⁵³²⁷/+background (C and F). Green=DNA.

[0029] FIGS. 8A-J. PARP is distributed widely in chromatin while ADP-ribose-modified proteins are enriched in polytene chromosome puffs. (A) In these diploid 13 larval brain cells, PARP-DsRed (red) is abundant in nucleoli (arrow) located near the chromocenter (arrowhead) but is also found throughout the nucleus. (DNA=green). (B) Nucleoli in 13 larval gastric cells labeled with Fibrillarin (red). Compare normal structure (arrow) in wild type (B) with variegated presence of nucleoli (arrow) in Parp^(CH1) (C). (D) PARP-DsRed is abundant in nucleoli and is present a lower levels along the chromosomes of this 13 salivary gland cell. (E) The pattern of incorporated biotinylated-NAD 3 hours after injection of an 13 larvae shows heavy incorporation in the nucleolus (arrow), at certain euchromatic sites, and low labeling generally along the chromosomes (arrowhead). (F) Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated proteins are enriched in the nucleolus (arrow) and at discrete sites within euchromatin (arrowhead) in this 13 salivary gland nucleus. (G) A nucleus similar to that shown in (F) was squashed, revealing abundant poly(ADP-ribosyl) modified proteins (yellow) within polytene chromosome puffs (arrow indicates the 2B puff; arrowhead indicates 74A, 75B puffs). (DNA=purple). (H,J) and I all show a short section of chromosome 3L containing the region of the major early Edison puffs 74A and 75B. Prior to the induction of puffing late in 13, the level of poly(ADP-ribosyl) modified proteins (red) are normal (H), but elevated levels are always observed after the puff has formed (I) (DNA=blue). The amount of PARP-EGFP (green) in this region is similar to that found all along the chromosome (J).(DNA=red).

[0030] FIGS. 9A-H. Parp is required for heat shock puffing and gene expression. The site of the major heat shock puffs containing hsp70 genes at 87A and 87C are shown from larvae that had not been heat shocked (A) and following 30 minutes at 37° C. (B). (C) Poly(ADP-ribosyl) modified proteins are present at general levels prior to heat treatment (O), but increase greatly within ten minutes following 37° C. treatment of 13 larvae. Twenty minutes after the heat shock the amount of staining is decreasing (D). (E) When heat shocks were given 30 minutes after injecting larvae with the PARP inhibitor 3-aminobenzamide, no increase in poly(ADP-ribosyl) modified proteins occurs. (F) 87A, 87C heat shock puff pairs of various sizes (3 are shown) can be visualized in salivary gland chromosomes from 12 larvae using antibody to RNA polymerase. (G) A histogram comparing the size of the 87A, 87C puff pairs in 12 larvae from wild type (black) or in Parp^(CH1) (red). (H) A Western blot comparing the amount of heat shock-induced Hsp70 protein produced in wild type (wt) or in Parp^(CH1) larvae. Hsp70 production was reduced 5-10 fold when the blot was normalized using Actin.

[0031] FIGS. 10A-D. PARP is required to express innate immunity genes. (A) Cells from Parp^(CH1) animals frequently become infected with bacteria as revealed by DAPI staining. (B) Variegated PAR^(CH1) expression is shown by the presence or absence of AJ1-stainined nucleoli (red). (C) Infection with bacteria (arrow) is only found in cells that lack PARP activity as indicated by the absence of nucleoli. (D) A Western blot quantitating the response of wild type (wt) and in Parp^(CH1) larvae to infection with injected E. coli bacteria. The levels of the NF-κB-dependent innate immunity genes Diptericine and Drosomycin were quantitated using the fusion genes and antibodies directed at the reported epitopes.

[0032]FIG. 11. Model of PARP-mediated chromatin re-modeling. A model of the proposed role of PARP in 1) receiving a local signal activating the enzymatic activity; 2) modifying nearby chromosomal proteins so that they dissociate from the DNA; 3) following cleavage, the original proteins, some of which may have become newly modified and formed new complexes with novel proteins, reassemble to form a specifically modified chromatin state.

[0033]FIG. 12. Nucleotide sequence of PARP-e cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1).

[0034]FIG. 13. Amino acid sequence of PARP-e protein (SEQ ID NO: 2). The amino acid sequence was derived from the cDNA sequence.

[0035]FIG. 14. Nucleotide sequence of PARP DNA (SEQ ID NO: 10).

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[0036] Definitions

[0037] 100431 As is generally the case in biotechnology, the description of the present invention herein has required the use of a substantial number of terms of art. Although it is not practical to do so exhaustively, definitions for some of these terms are provided here for ease of reference. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Definitions for other terms also appear elsewhere herein. However, the definitions provided here and elsewhere herein should always be considered in determining the intended scope and meaning of the defined terms. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, the preferred methods and materials are described.

[0038] Euchromatin. As used herein, “euchromatin” refers to transriptionally active genes and is loosely packed.

[0039] Heterochromatin. As used herein, “heterochromatin” is a form of condensed chromatin and is a complex of histones, DNA, and other proteins. Heterochromatin remains in a condensed form throughout the entire life cycle, and contains transcriptionally inactive DNA.

[0040] Isoform. As used herein, an “isoform” refers to a protein produced from a single gene by alternative mRNA splicing.

[0041] Positional effect variegation. As used herein, the term “positional effect variegation” refers to the effect obtained when genes that are transposed adjacent to heterochromatic regions undergo transcriptional silencing in only some cells in a population. The effect is inheritable in an epigenetic manner.

[0042] Stringent Hybridization Conditions. As used herein, the term “stringent hybridization conditions” means overnight incubation at 42° C. in a solution comprising: 50% formamide, 5×SSC (1×SSC=150 mM NaCl, 15 mM trisodium citrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.6), 5× Denhardt's solution, 10% dextran sulfate, and 20 u/ml denatured, sheared salmon sperm DNA, followed by washing the filters in 0.1×SSC at about 65° C., or equivalent conditions. Equivalent conditions are easily determined by one of ordinary skill in the art using methods and materials publicly known and available.

[0043] Variegation. As used herein, the term “variegation” refers to a change in phenotype due to mutation during somatic development.

[0044] Wild-type enzyme. As used herein, the term “wild-type enzyme” refers to an enzyme that will be active at a level of activity found in nature and typically comprises an amino acid sequence found in nature.

[0045] The invention is directed, in one aspect, to a method of modulating chromatin structure, the method comprising altering expression of PARP-e. In one embodiment of the method, when expression of PARP-e is increased, the expression of PARP-1 is increased. In another embodiment of the method, when expression of PARP-e is decreased, the expression of PARP-1 is decreased. In a different embodiment, the chromatin is present in a eukaryotic cell. In another embodiment, the chromatin is present in a plant cell. In a preferred embodiment, the chromatin is present in an animal cell. In a highly preferred embodiment the cell is an embryonic cell. In another highly preferred embodiment, the cell is a stem cell.

[0046] In another embodiment of the method, the chromatin structure is selected from the group consisting of heterochromatin and repetitive sequences. In a preferred embodiment, modulation of chromatin structure results in gene activation. In a different preferred embodiment, modulation of chromatin structure results in gene repression. In a highly preferred embodiment, the increased PARP-e expression effects chromatin decondensation. In another highly preferred embodiment, the decreased PARP-e expression effects chromatin condensation.

[0047] The invention is also directed, in another aspect, to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10). In another embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).

[0048] In another aspect, the invention is direct to an isolated PARP-e protein which comprises an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. In a different aspect, the invention is directed to an isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to amino acids 1 to 613 of SEQ ID NO. 2 wherein the protein has the activity of modulating chromatin structure.

[0049] In a preferred embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated polynucleotide molecule selected from the group consisting of a) a polynucleotide molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a polynucleotide molecule which is a fragment of a); and, c) a polynucleotide molecule which is the complementary nucleotide sequence of (a) or b). In one embodiment, the isolated polynucleotide molecule has SEQ ID NO: 1. In another embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated polynucleotide molecule comprising the polynucleotide having SEQ ID NO: 1.

[0050] In yet a different embodiment, the invention is directed to an isolated PARP-e protein having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2; and, b) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1; c) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10); and, d) the amino acid sequence encoded by an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).

[0051] The invention is also directed to a method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a first early insect embryo; b) culturing said first embryo to produce an insect of a first mutant strain; c) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a second early insect embryo; d) culturing said second embryo to produce an insect of a second mutant strain; e) mating an insect of said first mutant strain with an insect of said second mutant strain; wherein larvae that contain both said first and second mutations show inhibited growth as compared to an insect not comprising both said first and second mutations. In a different aspect, the invention is also directed to a method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) contacting embryonic insect cells with a composition comprising an effective amount of a dsRNA molecule specific for PARP-e, wherein contact with said dsRNA molecule inhibits growth of said insect. In a preferred embodiment, the insect is a Drosophila fly.

[0052] The role of PARP on gene expression during the life cycle is studied herein. PARP protein is found throughout chromosomes, but poly(ADP-ribose)-modified proteins are enriched in polytene chromsome puffs, suggesting that PARP is differentially active in these regions. ADP-ribosylated proteins accumulate immediately following heat shock at the 87A and 87C puffs. In Parp mutant larvae, heat shock-induced puffing at these sites and Hsp70 production was strongly reduced. Bacterial infection induces elevated levels of ADP-ribosylation at certain chromosome sites. Parp mutants are abnormally susceptible to bacterial infection, and fail to normally activate Drosopterin and Diptericin, two NF-κB-dependent innate immune response genes. These observations support the idea that PARP plays a critical part in remodeling chromatin at a wide variety of times during Drosophila development as well as in response to environmental stresses including DNA damage. Puffs may be a physical manifestation of this type of chromatin-based transcriptional activation.

[0053] Mutations in the heterochromatic Parp gene have been characterized. Rather than simply functioning as a repair enzyme, Parp is necessary for viability and to organize the chromatin structure of nucleoli, heterochromatin and other sequences during development. Reduction of Parp function causes hyperexpression of the copia retrotransposon and enhances the variegation of GAL4 transgenes. Studies herein show that Parp plays a fundamental role in organizing chromatin structure during Drosophila development, and suggest that ADP-ribosylation of chromosomal proteins plays an important role in chromatin remodeling.

[0054] Proteins and Polypeptides

[0055] The present invention relates to a PARP-e protein which has the deduced amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 as well as fragments, analogs and derivatives of such polypeptide. The terms “fragment,” “derivative” and “analog” when referring to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 means a polypeptide which retains essentially the same biological function or activity as the polypeptide. Thus, an analog includes a proprotein which can be activated by cleavage of the proprotein portion to produce an active mature polypeptide. The polypeptide of the present invention may be a recombinant polypeptide, a natural polypeptide or a synthetic polypeptide, preferably a recombinant polypeptide.

[0056] The fragment, derivative or analog of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 may be (i) one in which one or more of the amino acid residues are substituted with a conserved or non-conserved amino acid residue (preferably a conserved amino acid residue) and the substituted amino acid residue may or may not be one encoded by the genetic code, or (ii) one in which one or more of the amino acid residues includes a substituent group, or (iii) one in which the mature polypeptide is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the polypeptide, or (iv) one in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature polypeptide, such as a leader or secretory sequence or a sequence which is employed for purification of the mature polypeptide or a proprotein sequence. Such fragments, derivatives and analogs are deemed to be within the scope of those skilled in the art using the teachings herein.

[0057] The polypeptides of the present invention include the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 as well as polypeptides which have at least 70% similarity (preferably at least 70% identity) to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 and more preferably at least 90% similarity (more preferably at least 90% identity) to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 and still more preferably at least 95% similarity (still more preferably at least 95% identity) to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 and also include portions of such polypeptides with such portion of the polypeptide generally containing at least 30 amino acids and more preferably at least 50 amino acids.

[0058] As known in the art “similarity” between two polypeptides is determined by comparing the amino acid sequence and its conserved amino acid substitutes of one polypeptide to the sequence of a second polypeptide. Fragments or portions of the polypeptides of the present invention may be employed for producing the corresponding full-length polypeptide by peptide synthesis; therefore, the fragments may be employed as intermediates for producing the full-length polypeptides.

[0059] The invention further provides an isolated Parp-e peptide having the amino acid sequence encoded by the cDNA (SEQ ID NO: 1), or the amino acid sequence in SEQ ID NO:2, or a peptide or polypeptide comprising a portion of the above polypeptides. It will be recognized in the art that some amino acid sequences of the peptide can be varied without significant effect of the structure or function of the protein. If such differences in sequence are contemplated, it should be remembered that there will be critical areas on the protein which determine activity.

[0060] Thus, the invention further includes variations of the PARP-e protein which show substantial activity or which include regions of partial peptide activity such as the protein portions discussed below. Such mutants include deletions, insertions, inversions, repeats, and type substitutions. As indicated above, guidance concerning which amino acid changes are likely to be phenotypically silent can be found in Bowie et al., Science 247:1306 (1990).

[0061] As indicated, changes are preferably of a minor nature, such as conservative amino acid substitutions that do not significantly affect the folding or activity of the protein. Amino acids in the PARP-e protein of the present invention that are essential for function can be identified by methods known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis or alanine-scanning mutagenesis (Cunningham et al. 1989. Science 244:1081-1085). The latter procedure introduces single alanine mutations at every residue in the molecule. The resulting mutant molecules are then tested for biological activity such as receptor binding or in vitro, or in vivo proliferative activity. Sites that are critical for ligand-receptor binding can also be determined by structural analysis such as crystallization, nuclear magnetic resonance or photoaffinity labeling (Smith et al. 1992. J. Mol. Biol. 224:899-904 and de Vos et al., 1992. Science 255:306-312).

[0062] The polypeptides of the present invention are preferably provided in an isolated form. By “isolated polypeptide” is intended a polypeptide removed from its native environment. Thus, a polypeptide produced and/or contained within a recombinant host cell is considered isolated for purposes of the present invention. Also intended as an “isolated polypeptide” are polypeptides that have been purified, partially or substantially, from a recombinant host cell.

[0063] By a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least, for example, 95% “identical” to a reference amino acid sequence of a peptide is intended that the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide is identical to the reference sequence except that the polypeptide sequence may include up to five amino acid alterations per each 100 amino acids of the reference amino acid of the peptide. In other words, to obtain a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to a reference amino acid sequence, up to 5% of the amino acid residues in the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another amino acid, or a number of amino acids up to 5% of the total amino acid residues in the reference sequence may be inserted into the reference sequence. These alterations of the reference sequence may occur at the amino or carboxy terminal positions of the reference amino acid sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among residues in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence.

[0064] As a practical matter, whether any particular polypeptide is at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to, for instance, the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 can be determined conventionally using known computer programs such the Bestfit program (Wisconsin Sequence Analysis Package, Version 8 for Unix, Genetics Computer Group, University Research Park, 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wis. 53711). When using Bestfit or any other sequence alignment program to determine whether a particular sequence is, for instance, 95% identical to a reference sequence according to the present invention, the parameters are set, of course, such that the percentage of identity is calculated over the full length of the reference amino acid sequence and that gaps in homology of up to 5% of the total number of amino acid residues in the reference sequence are allowed.

[0065] The accession numbers, and the nucleotide sequences which they designate, are available through publicly accessible genomic data bases such as GenBank, and the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project. The sequence of the polynucleotides contained in the accession numbers, as well as the amino acid sequence of the polypeptides encoded therefrom, are incorporated herein by reference.

[0066] Polynucleotides and Nucleic Acid Molecules

[0067] Unless otherwise indicated, all nucleotide sequences determined by sequencing a DNA molecule herein were determined using an automated DNA sequencer (such as the Model 373 from Applied Biosystems, Inc.), and all amino acid sequences of polypeptides encoded by DNA molecules determined herein were predicted by translation of a DNA sequence determined as above. Therefore, as is known in the art for any DNA sequence determined by this automated approach, any nucleotide sequence determined herein may contain some errors. Nucleotide sequences determined by automation are typically at least about 90% identical, more typically at least about 95% to at least about 99.9% identical to the actual nucleotide sequence of the sequenced DNA molecule. The actual sequence can be more precisely determined by other approaches including manual DNA sequencing methods well known in the art. As is also known in the art, a single insertion or deletion in a determined nucleotide sequence compared to the actual sequence will cause a frame shift in translation of the nucleotide sequence such that the predicted amino acid sequence encoded by a determined nucleotide sequence will be completely different from the amino acid sequence actually encoded by the sequenced DNA molecule, beginning at the point of such an insertion or deletion.

[0068] Isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention include, for example, the DNA molecule shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; DNA molecules comprising the coding sequence for the Parp-e protein; and DNA molecules which comprise a sequence substantially different from those described above but which, due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, still encode the Parp-e protein. Of course, the genetic code is well known in the art. Thus, it would be routine for one skilled in the art to generate such degenerate variants.

[0069] The present invention is further directed to fragments of the isolated nucleic acid molecules described herein. By a fragment of an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the nucleotide sequence of a DNA encoding PARP-e or the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 is intended fragments at least about 15 nt, and more preferably at least about 20 nt, still more preferably at least about 30 nt, and even more preferably, at least about 40 nt in length which are useful as diagnostic probes and primers as discussed herein. Of course, larger fragments 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, or 323 nt in length are also useful according to the present invention as are fragments corresponding to most, if not all, of the nucleotide sequence of a DNA encoding the PARP-e protein or as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. By a fragment at least 20 nt in length, for example, is intended fragments which include 20 or more contiguous bases from a nucleotide sequence of a DNA encoding PARP-e or the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.

[0070] In another aspect, the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions to a portion of the polynucleotide in a nucleic acid molecule described above, for instance, SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 10.

[0071] Hybridization

[0072] A nucleic acid molecule is “hybridizable” to another nucleic acid molecule, such as a cDNA, genomic DNA, or RNA, when a single stranded form of the nucleic acid molecule can anneal to the other nucleic acid molecule under the appropriate conditions of temperature and solution ionic strength (see Sambrook et al., supra). The conditions of temperature and ionic strength determine the “stringency” of the hybridization.

[0073] For preliminary screening for homologous nucleic acids, low stringency hybridization conditions, corresponding to a T_(m) of 55° can be used, e.g., 5×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 0.25% milk, and no formamide; or 30% formamide, 5×SSC, 0.5% SDS. Moderate stringency hybridization conditions correspond to a higher T_(m), e.g., 40% formamide, with 5× or 6×SCC. High stringency hybridization conditions correspond to the highest T_(m), e.g., 50% formamide, 5× or 6×SCC. By “stringent hybridization conditions” is intended overnight incubation at 42° C. in a solution comprising: 50% formamide, 5×SSC (750 mM NaCl, 75 mM trisodium citrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.6), 5× Denhardt's solution, 10% dextran sulfate, and 20 ug/ml denatured, sheared salmon sperm DNA, followed by washing the filters in 0.1×.SSC at about 65° C.

[0074] Hybridization requires that the two nucleic acids contain complementary sequences, although depending on the stringency of the hybridization, mismatches between bases are possible. The appropriate stringency for hybridizing nucleic acids depends on the length of the nucleic acids and the degree of complementation, variables well known in the art. The greater the degree of similarity or homology between two nucleotide sequences, the greater the value of T_(m) for hybrids of nucleic acids having those sequences. The relative stability (corresponding to higher T_(m)) of nucleic acid hybridizations decreases in the following order: RNA:RNA, DNA:RNA, DNA:DNA.

[0075] For hybrids of greater than 100 nucleotides in length, equations for calculating T_(m) have been derived (see Sambrook et al., supra, 9.50-9.51). For hybridization with shorter nucleic acids, i.e., oligonucleotides, the position of mismatches becomes more important, and the length of the oligonucleotide determines its specificity (see Sambrook et al., supra, 11.7-11.8). Preferably a minimum length for a hybridizable nucleic acid is at least about 12 nucleotides; preferably at least about 16 nucleotides; and more preferably the length is at least about 24 nucleotides; and most preferably 36 nucleotides.

[0076] Fragments of the PARP-e gene (SEQ ID NO: 1) may be used as a hybridization probe for a cDNA library to isolate the full length cDNA and to isolate other cDNAs which have a high sequence similarity to the PARP-e gene or encode a protein having similar biological activity. Probes of this type preferably have at least 30 bases and may contain, for example, 50 or more bases. The probe may also be used to identify a cDNA clone corresponding to a full length transcript and a genomic clone or clones that contain the complete PARP-e gene including regulatory and promotor regions, exons, and introns. An example of a screen comprises isolating the coding region of the gene by using the known DNA sequence to synthesize an oligonucleotide probe. Labeled oligonucleotides having a sequence complementary to the PARP-e gene are used to screen a library of cDNA, genomic DNA or mRNA to determine which members of the library the probe hybridizes to. The screen is not limited to use in any particular type of organism, all that is required is that the organism have nucleic acids.

[0077] The present invention further relates to polynucleotides which hybridize to the above described sequences if there is at least 70%, preferably at least 90%, and more preferably at least 95% identity between the sequences. The present invention particularly relates to polynucleotides which hybridize under stringent conditions to the polynucleotides described herein. As herein used, the term “stringent conditions” means hybridization will occur only if there is at least 95% and preferably at least 97% identity between the sequences. The polynucleotides which hybridize to the polynucleotides described herein in a preferred embodiment encode polypeptides which retain substantially the same biological function or activity as the polypeptide encoded by the cDNA of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the polypeptide having SEQ ID NO: 2.

[0078] By a polynucleotide which hybridizes to a “portion” of a polynucleotide is intended a polynucleotide (either DNA or RNA) hybridizing to at least about 15 nucleotides (nt), and more preferably at least about 20 nt, still more preferably at least about 30 nt, and even more preferably about 30-70 nt of the reference polynucleotide. These are useful as diagnostic probes and primers as discussed herein.

[0079] By a portion of a polynucleotide of “at least 20 nt in length,” for example, is intended 20 or more contiguous nucleotides from the nucleotide sequence of the reference polynucleotide (e.g., the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1).

[0080] The present invention further relates to variants of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, which encode portions, analogs or derivatives of the PARP-e protein. Variants may occur naturally, such as a natural allelic variant. By an “allelic variant” is intended one of several alternate forms of a gene occupying a given locus on a chromosome of an organism. Non-naturally occurring variants may be produced using art-known mutagenesis techniques.

[0081] Such variants include those produced by nucleotide substitutions, deletions or additions, which may involve one or more nucleotides. The variants may be altered in coding regions, non-coding regions, or both. Alterations in the coding regions may produce conservative or non-conservative amino acid substitutions, deletions or additions. Especially preferred among these are silent substitutions, additions and deletions, which do not alter the properties and activities of the Parp-e protein or portions thereof. Also especially preferred in this regard are conservative substitutions.

[0082] By a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least, for example, 95% “identical” to a reference nucleotide sequence encoding a PARP-e protein is intended that the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is identical to the reference sequence except that the polynucleotide sequence may include up to five point mutations per each 100 nucleotides of the reference nucleotide sequence encoding the protein. In other words, to obtain a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a reference nucleotide sequence, up to 5% of the nucleotides in the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another nucleotide, or a number of nucleotides up to 5% of the total nucleotides in the reference sequence may be inserted into the reference sequence. These mutations of the reference sequence may occur at the 5′ or 3′ terminal positions of the reference nucleotide sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among nucleotides in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence.

[0083] As a practical matter, whether any particular nucleic acid molecule is at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to, for instance, the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or to the nucleotide sequences of GenBank accession nos. AF533701 and AF533702, can be determined conventionally using known computer programs such as the Bestfit program (Wisconsin Sequence Analysis Package, Version 8 for Unix, Genetics Computer Group, University Research Park, 575 Science Drive, Madison, Wis. 53711). Bestfit uses the local homology algorithm of Smith and Waterman, Advances in Applied Mathematics 2: 482-489 (1981), to find the best segment of homology between two sequences. When using Bestfit or any other sequence alignment program to determine whether a particular sequence is, for instance, 95% identical to a reference sequence according to the present invention, the parameters are set such that the percentage of identity is calculated over the full length of the reference nucleotide sequence and that gaps in homology of up to 5% of the total number of nucleotides in the reference sequence are allowed.

[0084] The present application is directed to nucleic acid molecules at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or to the nucleotide sequences of GenBank accession nos. AF533701 and AF533702, irrespective of whether they encode a polypeptide having Parp-e activity. This is because even where a particular nucleic acid molecule does not encode a polypeptide having Parp-e activity, one of skill in the art would still know how to use the nucleic acid molecule, for instance, as a hybridization probe or a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer. Uses of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention that do not encode a polypeptide having Parp-e activity include, for example, (1) isolating the Parp-e gene or allelic variants thereof in a cDNA library; (2) in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomal spreads to provide precise chromosomal location of the Parp-e protein gene (Verma et al., Human Chromosomes: A Manual of Basic Techniques, Pergamon Press, New York (1988)); and Northern Blot analysis for detecting Parp-e mRNA expression in specific tissues. Preferred, however, are nucleic acid molecules having sequences at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to a nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or to the nucleic acid sequence of GenBank accession nos. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10), which do, in fact, encode a protein having Parp-e protein activity

[0085] Of course, due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, one of ordinary skill in the art will immediately recognize that a large number of the nucleic acid molecules having a sequence at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to a nucleic acid sequence of GenBank accession nos. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10), or to a nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 will encode a polypeptide having Parp-e protein activity. Since degenerate variants of these nucleotide sequences all encode the same polypeptide, this will be clear to the skilled artisan even without performing the above described comparison assay. It will be further recognized in the art that, for such nucleic acid molecules that are not degenerate variants, a reasonable number will also encode a polypeptide having Parp-e protein activity. This is because the skilled artisan is fully aware of amino acid substitutions that are either less likely or not likely to significantly effect protein function (e.g., replacing one aliphatic amino acid with a second aliphatic amino acid).

[0086] Due to the degeneracy of nucleotide coding sequences, other DNA sequences which encode substantially the same amino acid sequence as a Parp-e gene may be used in the practice of the present invention including those comprising conservative substitutions thereof. These include but are not limited to modified allelic genes, modified homologous genes from other species, and nucleotide sequences comprising all or portions of Parp-e genes which are altered by the substitution of different codons that encode the protein.

[0087] Standard Techniques

[0088] Standard techniques for cloning, DNA isolation, amplification and purification, for enzymatic reactions involving DNA ligase, DNA polymerase, restriction endonucleases and the like, and various separation techniques are those known and commonly employed by those skilled in the art. A number of standard techniques are described in Sambrook et al. (1989) Molecular Cloning, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.; Maniatis et al. (1982) Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Plainview, N.Y.; Wu (ed.) (1993) Meth. Enzymol. 218, Part I; Wu (ed.) (1979) Meth Enzymol. 68; Wu et al. (eds.) (1983) Meth. Enzymol. 100 and 101; Grossman and Moldave (eds.) Meth. Enzymol. 65; Miller (ed.) (1972) Experiments in Molecular Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.; Old and Primrose (1981) Principles of Gene Manipulation, University of California Press, Berkeley; Schleif and Wensink (1982) Practical Methods in Molecular Biology; Glover (ed.) (1985) DNA Cloning Vol. I and II, IRL Press, Oxford, UK; Hames and Higgins (eds.) (1985) Nucleic Acid Hybridization, IRL Press, Oxford, UK; and Setlow and Hollaender (1979) Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods, Vols. 1-4, Plenum Press, New York. Abbreviations and nomenclature, where employed, are deemed standard in the field and commonly used in professional journals such as those cited herein.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Drosophila Strains and Genetics

[0089] Genetic markers are described in Flybase (1999) (FlyBase 1999. Nucleic Acids Res. 27: 85-88) and stocks were obtained from the Bloomington Stock Center except as indicated. The CH(3)1 and CH(3)4 strains were generated in a single P-element mutagenesis screen (Zhang et al. 1994). CH(3)1 was found to be viable in combination with Df(3R)10-65; Southern blotting indicated that this deletion does not remove PARP coding sequences (data not shown). y w^(67c23(2)) was used as the host for transformation. The driver strain for the rescue experiments was P {GAL4-arm.S) (armGAL4)} (Sanson et al. 1996. Nature. 383: 627-630). The 69B GAL4 driver is described by Brand (Brand et al. 1993. Development. 118: 401-415). Sir2⁰⁵²³⁷ was constructed by Karpen et al. (Karpen et al. 1992. Genetics. 132: 737-753) and is described by Rosenberg and Parkhurst (2002). Balancer chromosomes carrying Kr-GFP were used to differentiate homozygous mutant embryos and larvae: TM3, Sb, P{w⁺, Kr-GFP} and CyO, P{w⁺, Kr-GFP} (Casso et al 2000. Mech. Dev. 91: 451-454). Imprecise excision of CH(3)1 was carried out as described previously (Zhang et al. 1994). Transformation experiments were carried out as described in Tulin et al. (2002) using the y w^(67c23(2)) strain as host.

Example 2 Developmental Timing Measurements

[0090] Embryos were collected on grape juice/agar plates for 2 hours at 25° C., aged 10-12 hours, and subsets were subsequently analyzed each 1-2 hours during daytime for 4-8 days. Larval stages were identified by mouth hook and/or posterior appendage morphology.

Example 3 Construction of Transgenic Drosophila

[0091] For the rescue experiments, pP {w+, UAST-PARP-I} was constructed by cloning the NotI/KpnI fragment encoding PARP-1 from cDNA LD02455 into the pUAST vector. pP{w+, UAST-PARP-e} was constructed by fusing a NotI/KpnI fragment encoding PARP-e from cDNA GM 10715 into pUAST. To detect protein localization in vivo, PARP-I cDNA was fused to DsRed (Clontech Laboratories) in pP {w+, UAST-PARP-1-DsRed} and PARP-e was fused to EGFP (Clontech Laboratories) in pP{w+, UAST-PARP-e-EGFP}. To study the variegation of UAS constructs we built pP{w+, UAST-Tim17b-DsRed}, which contains a Tim17b cDNA fused in frame to DsRed (Clontech Laboratories) in pUAST. Transformation was as described (Spradling et al. 1982. Science. 218: 341-347), with modifications (Prokhorova et al. 1994. Genetika (Moscow). 30: 874-878).

Example 4 Genomic mapping and sequencing

[0092] A physical map of the Parp region was constructed using cDNA libraries (Rubin et al. 2000. Science 287: 2222-2224) and a P1 library (Kimmerly et al.1996) from the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project (BDGP). Clone DS09016 was subcloned into pTZ 19R using XbaI or EcoRI digestion and sequenced. The following cDNAs were sequenced and used to express PARP isoforms: LD02455 (Parp-I) and GM10715 (Parp-e, SEQ ID NO: 1). In addition, 13 other Parp cDNAs were fully sequenced. To determine the location of transcribed exons in the Parp region (FIG. 2) we also fully sequenced the following cDNAs: SD15682 (TK), RE01394 (Tim23), CK01513 (Tim17b) and LP01513 (no ORF).

Example 5 Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)

[0093] Mitotic chromosomes were prepared as described by Layerty (web site:

[0094] fruitfly.org/mlthods/cytogenetics). Probe preparation by nick translation, pretreatment, hybridization and signal detection were performed as previously described (Dej et al. 1999. Development 126: 293-303). cDNA LD02455 was used to detect Parp coding sequences, and the PZ element without rosy gene sequences (Karpen and Spradling, 1992) was used to detect the PZ insertion in CH(3)1.

Example 6 Double stranded RNA interference (dsRNAi)

[0095] RNAi was prepared as described by Kennerdell (Kennerdell et al. 1998. Cell 95: 1017-1026). The following regions were targeted: 269-864 for GM10715, 1-604 for LD02455 and 485-891 for copia. DsRNAi was injected into the posterior region of precellular blastoderm embryos at a concentration 0.5 ug/ul and the embryos were allowed to develop for an appropriate period under oil in a humid chamber prior to analysis.

Example 7 RT-PCR and Northern blot

[0096] Total RNA was isolated using Trizol reagent (Gibco BRL), precipitated twice with 3M LiCl, treated with Amplification Grade Dnase I (Gibco BRL) and poly(A)-containing RNA purified using a MessageMarker kit (Gibco BRL). The SuperScript Preamplification System (Gibco BRL) was then used to synthesize cDNA and for RT-PCR. The following primers were used to distinguish PARP-I and PARP-e transcripts: PI (5′-aaataataaatgtcttgaaattg-3′) (SEQ ID NO: 3) for PARP-1, P11 (5′-gtcttgattttgtgtataccg-3′) (SEQ ID NO: 4) for PARP-e and R4 (5′-ttttatgaaaccaatteg-3′)(SEQ ID NO: 5) for both. Total Parp transcripts were detected using: D1 (5′-gtgtcgtggatgtgaac-3′) (SEQ ID NO: 6) and R2 (5′-ttggaattctggattttg-3′)(SEQ ID NO: 7) which target a common coding region within the DNA binding domain. Copia-specific transcripts were detected using: 5′-copia (5′-ccgtttgatggcgagaagtacgcgatttgg-3)′ (SEQ ID NO: 8) and 3′-copia (5′-ccatcgtaacacgaaggcaatgtgatc-3′) (SEQ ID NO: 9) which target part of ORF1. For Northern blot analysis, at least of 2.5 ug of poly(A) RNA from second instar larvae was used per each lane. The PARP probe was from the DNA binding domain, while an rp49 probe was used as a control.

Example 8 Nuclease sensitivity assays

[0097] Embryos were collected on grape juice/agar plates for 2 hours at 25° C., aged for 12 hours or an appropriate period. The micrococcal nuclease sensitivity of purified nuclei was determined as described by Wu (Wu. 1989. Methods Enzymol. 170: 269-289) and Quivy (Quivy et al. 1997. Methods. 11: 171-179) with minor modifications. Controls showing the absence of endogenous nuclease activity were carried out, and the levels of micrococcal nuclease used were calibrated for each stock.

Example 9 Immunohistochemistry and Fluorescence Microscopy

[0098] Tissues were fixed and stained with primary and secondary antibodies as described previously (Grieder et al. Development. 127: 4253-4264) and examined by confocal microscopy using a Leica TCS-NT microscope. Primary antibodies were: mouse monoclonal (mAb) Aj 1 (1:100) and anti-fibrillarin (1:200) (from J. Gall); and mouse mAb 10H (1:20-50) from Dr. Manfred Frey (Steinbeis-Transferzentrum fur Angewandte Biologische Chemie). 10H specifically recognizes ADP-ribose polymers (Kawamitsu et al. 1984. Biochemistry. 23: 3771-3777). Nuclear staining by 10H such as that shown in FIG. 8F was abolished in Parp mutant larvae, further confirming the specificity of this reagent (data not shown). Mouse Alexa-568 (Molecular Probes) (1:400) was used as a secondary antibody.

Example 10 pADPr assay

[0099] Embryos were collected and nuclei purified as for the nuclease sensitivity assay. Nuclei were incubated in nuclear buffer (Quivy 1997) containing 0. ImCi/ml of [P]-NAD (Amersham) for 15 minutes at room temperature. Then nuclei were washed twice in nuclear buffer, collected by centrifugation, preheated for 3 minutes. The protein gel was processed, dried and subjected to autoradiography.

Example 11 Antibodies and Microscopy

[0100] Primary antibodies were: mouse monoclonal (mAb) Aj1 (1:100) and anti-fibrillarin (1:200) (from J. Gall); and mouse mAb 10H (1:20-50) from Dr. Manfred Frey (Steinbeis-Transferzentrum fur Angewandte Biologische Chemie). Anti-poly(ADP-ribose) antibody was obtained from Mouse Alexa-568 (Molecular Probes) (1:400). Rabbit polyclonal anti-fibrillarin antibody labels nucleoli; mouse mAb h10 (Steinbeis-Transferzentrum fur Angewandte Biologische Chemie) recognizes the branch sites of (ADP-ribose) polymers; anti-actin (Sigma) recognizes Drosophila actin; rabbit polyclonal anti-GFP (Promega) recognizes PARP-EGFP in fixed tissue, and Drosomycin-GFP on Western Blots (Jung et al. 2000. Biotechniques 30: 594), mouse monoclonal anti-lacZ (Promega) recognizes Diptericine-lacZ; anti-Hsp70 recognizes Hsp70 on Western blots; Biotinylated NAD (Trevigen) was detected with avidin-rhodamine (Roche). 3-AB (Sigma) was used at a concentration of 2.5 mM.

[0101] Tissues were fixed and stained with fluoresceinated antibodies as described previously (Grieder et al. 2000) and examined by confocal microscopy using a Leica TCS-NT microscope.

Example 12 Construction of PARP-1-dsRed and Construction of PARP-e-EGFP

[0102] The construction of flies expressing PARP-EGFP or PARP-DsRed was described previously and these lines gave identical pattern of fluorescence (Tulin et al. 2002). Drosomycin-GFP and Diptericine-lacZ reporter genes are described (Jung et al. 2000). Oligreen (Molecular Probes) and propidium iodide (Sigma) were used to stain DNA. Transformation of Drosophila embryos was as described (Spradling et al. 1982), with modifications (Prokhorova et al. 1994).

Example 13 Infection assay

[0103] Embryos were challenged by injecting a sublethal dose of approximately 2×10⁴ E. coli bacteria or a similar volume of sterile buffer. Survival of the injected animals was followed through adulthood and a fraction of the animals were removed and the presence of bacteria in the haemolymph and in tissues was studied by DAPI staining and microscopic examination.

Example 14 Polytene chromosome analysis

[0104] The protocol of Lavrov et al. was used to prepare polytene chromosomes for antibody staining, except that fixative included 10% trichloroacetic acid to block PARP glycohydrolase activity when the h10 antibody was to be used. Polytene chromosomes from second instar larvae were prepared as described by Paro et al. to preserve chromosomal proteins prior to antibody binding. Following binding of primary Ab, they were washed and secondary Ab was added. Finally, the chromosomal DNA was labeled with TOD03 and the preparations were examined using a Leica NTS.

Example 16 Heat shock protocol for puff experiments

[0105] PARP inhibitors: GPI 6150, 3-aminobenzamide, DPQ; PJ34=N-(6-oxo-5,6-dihydro-phenanthridin-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylacetamide (Inotek Corp)., TZM, NU 1025.

[0106] Results

[0107] Sequences Encoding a Novel PARP Isoform are Expressed in Embryos

[0108] The previously determined structure of the genomic region encoding Parp-I is shown on the right in FIG. 1A (Hanai et al. 1998; Adams et al. 2000). To search for additional Parp transcripts, clones corresponding to 14 Parp-related EST sequences (Rubin et al. 2000) were analyzed, and GM 10715, derived from an early ovarian RNA library, was found to differ from Parp-I. The complete sequence of GM10715 (SEQ ID NO: 1) was determined, revealing an additional 920 bp intron within exon 8 encoding the PARP catalytic domain as well as 287 bp of novel 5′ sequence that splice into the first Parp-I exon (exon 3) about 40 bp downstream from its 5′-end but 6 bp before the AUG codon (FIG. 1A). The PARP isoform predicted by GM10715, which we name PARP-e (“embryonic”) (SEQ ID NO: 2), should lack enzymatic function since the new intron removes conserved amino acids essential for catalytic activity including the NAD binding site.

[0109] Previous studies of Parp-I production showed that transcripts are abundant in late-stage ovarian follicles and embryos, but did not distinguish between transcripts encoding different isoforms (Hanai et al. 1998). We analyzed Parp expression throughout the Drosophila lifecycle using Northern blots (FIG. 1B), whole mount in situ hybridization (FIG. 1C) and RT-PCR with specific primers to distinguish Parp-e from Parp-I and II (FIG. 1D). The 3.2 kb Parp-I RNA and 2.6 kb Parp-II or Parp-e RNAs are expressed in ovaries, embryos and adults. In contrast to previous results, low levels of the 3.2 kb Parp-I mRNA remain in 2^(nd) instar larvae (FIG. 1B). In the ovary, nurse cells express Parp RNA beginning as early as stage 4, while male germ cells strongly express Parp until the spermatid stage (not shown). Parp-e expression is detected only in adult ovaries and embryos (FIG. 1D).

[0110] To further analyze Parp expression, we constructed and expressed epitope-tagged versions of the two major PARP isoforms in flies. When expressed using this UAS/GAL4 based system, PARP-I (FIG. 1E) and PARP-e (not shown) are both highly enriched in nucleoli, heterochromatic chromosomal regions and diverse euchromatic sites in the cells of most embryonic and adult tissues. The distribution of ADP(ribosyl)-modified proteins, as revealed by immunostaining with an antibody specific for ADP-ribose polymers (Kawamitsu et al. 1984), was very similar, strongly labeling these same regions within nuclei (FIG. 1F). These experiments provide a clearer picture of developmentally regulated Parp expression and show a correlation between PARP protein and protein ADP(ribosyl) moieties.

[0111] Parp Spans a Large Region of 3R Heterochromatin

[0112] The structure of GM10715 implies that some Parp transcripts originate from a novel promoter(s), which we denote Pm2, located at or upstream from the GM10715 5′ end. Using the isoform-specific 5′ portion of GM 10715 as a probe, six overlapping clones spanning approximately 100 kb of genomic DNA flanking the 5′ region of Parp-e were isolated from a Drosophila P1 genomic libraryand used to map and sequence this region (FIG. 1A, FIG. 2). P1 clones were also recovered from the genomic region encoding Parp-I. At least 55 kb separates the upstream Parp-e sequence contig defined by DS09016 from the non-overlapping Parp-I 5′ sequence contig AE002935. Sequence identity was also observed between the upstream region and the DNA flanking a previously described heterochromatic P element insertion, CH(3)1 (Zhang et al. 1994). To confirm that the upstream region defined by GM10715 and CH(3)1 really lies adjacent to PARP coding sequences, we showed that probes specific for PARP coding sequences and for the CH(3)1 insertion generated overlapping in situ hybridization signals on metaphase chromosomes (FIG. 2B). The CH(3)1 P element insertion was mapped previously to region h55-h56 of 3R heterochromatin (Zhang et al. 1994). Taken together, these studies define the structure of the Parp locus and confirm its location in the heterochromatin of chromosome 3R.

[0113] Analyzing the genomic DNA sequence surrounding the Parp transcription unit revealed several striking features of this 300 kb heterochromatic chromosome region (FIG. 2A). About 210 kb (70%) lies within Parp and 4 other genes, including a thiamine kinase ortholog (TK) and two apparent mitochrondrial translocase subunits (Tim17b and Tim23). Most of the DNA within and surrounding the genes consists of transposons (blue) and retrotransposons (black) that are strikingly organized over the entire region studied. Nearly all are oriented in the same direction on the chromosome and opposite to the genes. These transposons have lost LTR homologies, and the gypsy elements lack insulator sequences that can disrupt enhancer-promoter interactions. Because unselected genomic sequences diverge rapidly during Drosophila evolution, our observations suggest that in recent evolutionary time the Parp region underwent extensive transposon invasion subject to some large-scale selective or mechanistic constraint On insertional orientation.

[0114] CH(3)1 Defines a Complementation Group That Disrupts Parp Expression

[0115] We characterized the CH(3)1 strain to learn whether its recessive lethality (Zhang et al. 1994) is caused by disrupting Parp gene function. A second allele of the CH(3)1 locus was found within another P element insertion strain, CH(3)4, but the CH(3)4 P element cannot be responsible for the allelism as it is located on the opposite chromosome arm (3L) and mutates a different gene. However, both CH(3)1 and CH(3)1/CH(3)4 animals display a similar phenotype. Mutant CH(3)1 homozygotes develop slowly and usually die during the second larval instar after 6-9 days (FIG. 3A). Evidence of mitotic cell cycle defects was not seen; predominantly diploid larval tissues such as the brain are of normal size. However, examination of larval mouth hooks shows that up to 50% of the mutant larvae are arrested at the onset of ecdysis II (FIG. 3B). When the CH(3)1 element was imprecisely excised, about 7% of the derived chromosomes were homozygous viable and complemented CH(3)4, arguing strongly that the CH(3)1 P element was responsible for the original lethality.

[0116] If CH(3)1 alleles mutate Parp, then its gene transcripts should be reduced in the affected larvae. As predicted, we found that Parp expression is severely affected in both CH(3)1 and CH(3)1/CH(3)4 animals. 3.2 kb Parp-1 mRNA levels are strongly reduced on Northern blots of RNA from mutant larvae (FIG. 3C) and using quantitative RT-PCR (not shown). ADP-ribosylation of proteins is also dramatically decreased in mutants (FIG. 3D). However, the effects observed on all forms of Parp were surprising since mutation of Pm2-initiated transcripts by the CH(3)1 insertion might have been expected to only disrupt production of the 2.6 kb Parp-e mRNA and the enzymatically inactive PARP-e protein isoform. The small amount of Parp mRNA and enzymatic activity that does remain in the mutant larvae might come from transcripts initiated at Pm1 or from remaining maternal stores of Parp transcripts. To try and remove all Parp mRNA, we injected a 587 bp dsRNA specific for Parp into early embryos and observed that all traces of Parp mRNA detectable by RT-PCR were lost after 16 hours of embryonic development (FIG. 3E). More than 70% of the animals receiving Parp RNAi injections, unlike buffer-injected controls, arrested after hatching into first instar larvae, i.e., at an earlier point than in the mutants that retain low levels of residual Parp RNA. These observations further strengthen the connection between the CH(3)1 locus and Parp.

[0117] Loss of PARP Derepresses the Copia Retrotransposon

[0118] Because Parp is located in transposon-rich heterochromatin, we looked for effects of the mutation on transposon activity. We found that CH(3)1, CH(3)4 and CH(3)1/CH(3)4 animals dramatically overproduce the 5.5 kb transcript of the copia retrotransposon (FIG. 4A). A similar large accumulation of copia-specific RNA was observed in embryos and larvae following injection of Parp-specific RNAi (FIG. 4B), providing further support that the CH(3)1 mutation acts directly on Parp. Tests using several other retrotransposable elements showed no increase in transcripts in CH(3)1 mutant animals, so the increased expression appeared to be specific for copia. Copia hyper-expression in CH(3)1 mutants and normal copia expression in their wild type sibs could be abolished by injecting copia-specific dsRNA into preblastoderm embryos (FIG. 4C) but CH(3)1 lethality was not rescued. Thus, disrupting Parp expression causes copia hyper-expression, but this effect is not responsible for the lethal effects of CH(3)1.

[0119] Disrupting Parp Expression Alters Heterochromatin Structure

[0120] The CH(3)1 mutation might affect a transcription factor that negatively regulates copia transcription or it might disrupt a protein that acts at the level of chromatin. We looked for global effects on chromatin by examining DAPI-stained nuclei from various tissues of CH(3)1 homozygotes, and by carrying out nuclease sensitivity experiments. CH(3)1 alleles dramatically alter nuclear morphology (FIG. 5A). DAPI-stained DNA from all mutant tissues examined appears more uniform than wild type, shows a less distinct chromocenter and lacks a nucleolar region of low DNA density. Copia chromatin is specifically affected, because copia-homologous sequences are much more sensitive to micrococcal nuclease digestion within CH(3)1 mutant compared to wild type nuclei (FIG. 5B). Even the lowest levels of nuclease, which digested very little copia-specific DNA in wild type, cleaved it extensively in CH(3)1 homozygotes. Elevated sensitivity could also be induced by injecting Parp-specific RNAi (FIG. 5C).

[0121] Many additional nuclease sensitivity tests were carried out to develop a picture of which genomic sequences and regions become nuclease sensitive in the mutant. All the repetitive sequences tested were strongly affected (FIG. 5B, data not shown). These include the transposons GATE, gypsy, mdgl, hoppel, the S element, 297, Idefix, the rDNA-specific R1 element, and the Stellate repeats. In contrast, no changes in micrococcal nuclease sensitivity of the unique euchromatic genes actin 5C and rp49 were observed (FIG. 5D). The single-copy Parp gene resides within a region of highly repetitive sequences including many of the transposons shown to be affected in deficient animals. We tested three Parp exons, including exon 3 which lies adjacent to Pm1, and found that they became much more accessible to nuclease digestion in CH(3)1 homozygotes (FIG. 5C). Taken together, these observations suggest that reducing PARP activity selectively alters the chromatin structure of heterochromatic and repetitive sequences but not of euchromatic, single-copy DNAs.

[0122] Expression of PARP-e But Not PARP-I Rescues CH(3)1 Mutations

[0123] Despite strongly reduced Parp expression in CH(3)1 mutant animals and the correlation between the mutant phenotype and the effects of removing PARP activity using RNAi, we sought to verify that CH(3)1 mutates Parp by rescue. Because of its size and unclonable structure, it is impractical to attempt rescuing CH(3)1 using genomic Parp DNA. Consequently, we generated constructs that express Parp-I or Parp-e cDNAs under the control of a UAS promoter. Following transformation we studied the effects expressing these cDNAs throughout many tissues using the Armadillo-GAL4 driver. Ectopic expression of Parp-I cDNA, but not Parp-e cDNA, in wild type flies causes rough eyes and abdominal cuticle defects (data not shown). Parp-I expressing animals arrest at the pupal stage if two doses of the driver are present. Thus, as in mammals, excess PARP-I levels cause deleterious effects.

[0124] Expressing Parp-e cDNA in a CH(3)1 mutant background revealed that the PARP-e isoform can completely suppress larval lethality and give rise to a small number of viable, fertile adults. Mutant flies bearing two copies of the Parp-e EDNA and driver can be readily maintained as a homozygous stock. In contrast, mutant animals expressing Parp-I cDNA die as third instar larvae but still develop significantly farther than in the absence of the construct. Nonetheless, the ability of Parp cDNAs to partially or wholly rescue CH(3)1 animals demonstrates that the CH(3)1 lesion directly disrupts Parp gene expression. We have therefore renamed the CH(3)1 and CH(3)4 alleles as Parp^(CH1) and Parp^(CH4) respectively.

[0125] Expressing Parp transcripts dramatically restores the nuclear morphology and the Parp expression of the mutant larvae. Parp-I expression causes a nucleolus to form that can be visualized with the specific antibody AJ1 in many but not all nuclei (FIG. 6A). The mosaic nature of the response, which may result from cell to cell variation in either the production or effects of ectopic PARP-I, is likely to explain the failure of this construct to rescue fully. All nuclei in the Parp-e expressing animals appear wild type in morphology. Surprisingly, larvae rescued by Parp-e contain higher than wild type levels of both the 2.6 kb Parp-e and the 3.2 kb Parp-I mRNA species (FIG. 6B). Thus, the enzymatically inactive PARP-e isoform may rescue CH(3)1 by inducing production of Parp-I mRNA. Consistent with this model, ADP-ribosyl transferase enzymatic activity is also restored, because the amount of poly(ADP-ribose)-containing protein detectable by anti-poly(ADP-ribose)-specific antibody increases to well above wild type levels (FIG. 6C, 117 kd PARP-I band). PARP-e may induce a more physiological pattern of Parp-I expression, leading to fewer deleterious effects than when Parp-I is mis-expressed globally. How expression of an enzymatically inactive protein rescues Parp-I expression and ADP-ribosyl transferase activity is discussed below.

[0126] PARP and SIR2 Modify GAL4/UAS Variegation

[0127] Since the Parp gene is located in heterochromatin and acts on the chromatin structure of repetitive DNA sequences, we investigated whether it functions as an enhancer or suppressor of variegated position effects. Neither Parp^(CH1) nor Parp^(CH4) altered the level of w^(m4) variegation, a standard test for modifiers of classical position-effect variegation (data not shown). However, we did notice that Parp strongly effects the variegated expression commonly exhibited by many UAS/GAL4 constructs (Brand and Perrimon, 1993). For example, in the presence of only one wild type dose of Parp+, the variegation of an epitope-tagged mitochondrial protein (Tim17B-DsRed) driven from a UAS promoter is strongly enhanced (FIGS. 7A-B). At six different tested sites of integration, DsRed expression is virtually silenced in a Parp^(CH1/+) background, while at the seventh site, non-variegated expression becomes variegated. Altering the dose of Sir2 was found to have the opposite effect and dominantly suppress UAS-Tim17B-DsRed variegation (FIG. 7C). Similar reciprocal effects were observed with two other tested constructs, UAS-Parp-1-DsRed (not shown) and UAS-Sir2-DsRed (FIGS. 7D-F), suggesting that the dosage of Parp and Sir2 may affect the expression of UAS/GAL4 constructs generally. PARP and SIR2 levels may alter the chromatin structure of sequences such as those in UAS and GAL4 constructs that are prone to silencing during development.

[0128] PARP Regulates Chromatin Structure During Development

[0129] PARP is a conserved protein known to play critical roles that help restore and maintain genomic integrity (reviewed by de Murica and Shall, 2000). By identifying lethal Parp mutations, we showed that Drosophila Parp also plays an essential role during the lifecycle in the absence of external stresses. Many genes have been identified previously that act in both DNA repair and during development (Baker et al. 1976. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 73: 4140-4144; Gatti et al. 1989. Genes Dev. 3: 438-53). However, the phenotype of Parp mutants differs from those of other genes in this class, which typically produce third instar larvae deficient in diploid tissue as a result of defects in the mitotic cell cycle.

[0130] Our experiments suggest that Drosophila Parp plays a special and fundamental role in organizing chromatin on a global scale. Parp mutant cells lack nucleoli and contain unusually nuclease-accessible repetitive sequences. Both the heavy expression of Parp-e and Parp-I in oocytes and early embryos and the early onset of these defects suggest that a major role for PARP occurs as development begins. At fertilization, the zygote genome is quiescent and unregionalized, but during the final cleavage divisions heterochromatin becomes distinguishable from euchromatin, nucleoli form, and specific gene transcription begins. Zygotic PARP activity may be needed to carry out these changes, which are reminiscent of the amphibian “mid-blastula transition.” The strong enrichment of epitope-tagged PARP in nucleoli and on heterochromatin is consistent with such a role. When Parp function is limited by a declining maternal pool, chromatin may not regionalize normally, stunting further development.

[0131] Our observations argue that the role of Parp is not limited to the initial stages of development, however. Programmed changes in chromatin organization continue after blastoderm formation in concert with cell differentiation (reviewed in Hagstrom et al. 1997. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 7: 814-821). The effects of reducing Parp expression later in embryonic development using RNAi, and the influence of Parp dosage on GAL4/UAS variegation, indicate that it also participates in organizing chromatin domains during later embryonic and larval growth. PARP plays a positive role in expressing euchromatic UAS constructs since reduced Parp dosage enhances the variegation of these transgenes. Furthermore, Parp function is likely to be specially required for larval metamorphosis, since up to 50% of mutant larvae were arrested at precisely this stage. Thus, PARP influences both the expression and silencing of particular euchromatic and heterochromatic sequences at diverse times during Drosophila development.

[0132] PARP May Act by Modifying Chromosomal Proteins

[0133] Enzymes that add or remove phosphoryl, acetyl or methyl gbe has been reported to associate with polynucleosomes in vivo (Leduc et al. 1986). We observed a strong reduction in the levels of protein ADP-ribosylation in PARP mutants. Many of the modified proteins detectable with antibodies that recognize protein-ADP(ribosyl) groups are located along chromosomes, and are particularly enriched in nucleoli and in the heterochromatic chromocenter, regions strongly affected by Parp mutations. These observations support the idea that PARP acts on Drosophila chromatin by ADP-ribosylating chromatin proteins.

[0134] PARP-e Autoregulates the Activity of a Complex Parp Gene Located Within Heterochromatin

[0135] Our structural characterization of the Parp gene reveals that both the gene itself and its surrounding chromosomal region are complex. The Parp locus is localized in 3R heterochromatin near band h55, where it spans at least 150 kb. At least two promoters are utilized and the upstream promoter, Pm2, produces a transcript encoding a novel protein isoform, PARP-e, primarily during oogenesis and early larval development. Four other genes reside nearby and are transcribed in the same direction. In contrast, most of the DNA located outside gene exons consists of diverse transposable elements that are oriented opposite to the genes, perhaps as a result of selection to minimize the disruptive effects of transposon-encoded transcription and splicing signals. Much remains to be learned about the number, structure, regulation and evolution of heterochromatic genes (reviewed by Weiler et al. 1995. Annu. Rev. Genet. 29: 577-605; Cook et al. 1994. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91: 5219-5221). The Parp region may now serve as a valuable model for detailed studies of these issues.

[0136] Our experiments suggest that Parp itself is subject to novel regulatory mechanisms. Parp^(CH1) likely disrupts Parp-e transcription from Pm2, but homozygotes also have greatly reduced levels of Parp-I mRNA and of PARP activity, despite the fact that Pm1 is located at least 75 kb downstream from the Parp^(CH1) insertion site. Thus, Parp-e production appears to be essential for transcription of Parp-I from Pm1. It is difficult to rule out the existence of additional promoters or splice forms of PARP transcripts. However, the fact that expression of a cDNA encoding PARP-e rescues lethality, Parp-I mRNA production and ADP ribosyl-transferase activity argues strongly that PARP-e autoregulates Parp transcription. Indeed, Parp-e expression may be rate-limiting for Parp-I transcription because overproduced Parp-e from the rescue construct was associated with elevated levels of Parp-I mRNA (FIG. 6C).

[0137] There are two basic ways in which Parp-e might control Parp-I transcription. PARP-e may simply function as a factor that activates transcription from Pm1. Alternatively, it may function by a novel mechanism related to its action on heterochromatin. The Pm1 promoter and surrounding sequences may need to acquire a compact, heterochromatic chromatin state for activity. Zygotic PARP-e produced near the onset of development would facilitate heterochromatin formation, thereby activating Pm1 and Parp-I production. Simultaneously, this chromatin transition might shut off or limit Parp-e production from Pm2. Such a feedback switch would link PARP production to the chromatin state and might represent a mechanism utilized by other heterochromatic genes. Two other such genes were shown recently to require the heterochromatin-specific HP-1 protein to be efficiently expressed (Lu et al. 2000. Genetics. 155: 699-708).

[0138] PARP May Remodel and Maintain Chromatin Domains

[0139] Previous studies of the role played by PARP during DNA repair have led to a model of how it acts on chromatin (reviewed in Zeigler et al. 2001). Following DNA damage, inactive PARP-I protein located near the damaged region binds to DNA breaks, activating the catalytic site, and begins to transfer ADP-ribose groups to the chromatin proteins located in the immediate vicinity and to the PARP automodification domain. The modified proteins are released from the DNA, allowing repair enzymes to access the damaged region. When repair is complete, the ADP-ribosyl groups are removed by a specific glycosylase and the disrupted chromatin reassembles. During this time, automodified PARP may serve as a local storage site for the dissociated chromatin proteins preventing them from diffusing away and mixing with general pools (Althaus, 1992). The local nature of the disruption may help to ensure that repair does not inadvertently lead to alterations in the pre-existing state of chromatin programming.

[0140] We propose that the role played by PARP in DNA repair, as described above, represents just one instance of a general function PARP carries out to re-program chromatin at multiple points during the life cycle. Inactive PARP molecules located in many chromosome regions may be subject to activation by particular developmental and environmental stimuli in addition to DNA damage. Following such stimulation, activated PARP would catalyze the dissociation of chromosomal proteins in the affected domain. Introducing new or differentially modified chromosomal proteins to the affected site in conjunction with PARP activation would cause the local chromatin state to be specifically altered when ADP-ribosyl residues are subsequently cleaved and the dissociated proteins re-assembled. Such a mechanism would allow chromatin re-modeling to be precisely limited to particular chromosome regions by spatially controlling the sites of PARP activation and protein delivery. It might also explain many previous observations concerning the transcriptional role of PARP and its interaction with transcription factors.

[0141] Our results suggest that PARP acts to maintain certain chromatin domains as well as to remodel them. For example, copia sequences in animals that had already formed heterochromatin became nuclease sensitive when PARP levels were gradually reduced in developing embryos using RNAi. Even when enzymatically inactive, PARP molecules remain associated with many chromosome regions and may play essential structural roles. Disruption of these roles may be responsible for some of the effects caused by loss of the enzymatically inactive PARP-e isoform, and for some of the deleterious effects of PARP-I over-expression. Our findings emphasize the importance of learning more about the properties of PARP molecules within specific chromosome regions and how they change during chromatin re-programming. Finally, they suggest ways in which manipulating PARP molecules might allow chromatin re-programming to be experimentally controlled.

[0142] PARP is Distributed Widely Along Chromosome but ADP-Ribose Modified Proteins are Enriched in Polytene Chromosome Puffs

[0143] We used flies bearing PARP-DsRed- or PARP-EGFP-transgenes (Tulin et al. 2002) to further investigate the distribution of PARP protein on chromosomes (FIG. 8). PARP associates with the chromatin of diploid cells although at lower levels than in nucleoli (FIG. 5A). The incorporation pattern of biotinylated-NAD into protein could be visualized in polytene larval cells, and was very similar to the pattern of PARP-DsRed (FIGS. 8D, 8E). This suggests that PARP molecules with a low level of enzymatic activity coat chromosomes. In contrast, the pattern of staining with an antibody that specifically recognizes large clusters of protein-bound NAD-ribose moieties is discontinuous and strongly enriched at a limited number of euchromatic sites (FIG. 8F). When chromosomes were squashed under appropriate conditions (Examples), many of these sites could be seen to correspond to polytene chromosome puffs (FIG. 8G).

[0144] Interestingly, we observed that high levels of modified proteins were not observed prior to puffing (FIGS. 8H, 81) and that the actual level of PARP protein in puffs was similar to other regions (FIG. 8J). These observations suggested that PARP protein becomes strongly activated within puffs and modifies local proteins by adding ADP-ribose moieties. In the course of these studies, we noticed that while the average level of PARP expression is greatly reduced in the Parp^(CH1) mutant animals (Tulin et al 2002) a low level of variegated expression continues in this P-element induced mutation, as scattered nuclei still contained nucleoli (FIG. 8C, arrow).

[0145] Heat Shock Induced Expression of hsp70 is Greatly Reduced in PARP-larvae

[0146] A short heat shock strongly induces puffing at a small number of specific loci containing stress response genes (reviewed in Lindquist S. 1986. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 55:1151-91) including the 87A and 87C puffs containing clustered genes encoding the Hsp70 chaperone (FIGS. 9A, 9B). Prior to heat shock, only normal background amounts of poly(ADP-ribose)-modified proteins are present at the 87A and 87C loci (FIG. 9C, 0 minutes). Within just 10 minutes after shifting to 37° C., ADP-ribose modified proteins accumulate throughout the newly forming puffs (FIG. 2C, 10 minutes). The amount of these modified proteins begins to fall sometime thereafter, and the puff itself will soon regress (Ashburner. 1970. Adv. Ins. Phys. 7, 1-95). These observations raise the question of whether the increase in protein ADP-ribosylation is a cause or effect of the process of heat shock induced puffing.

[0147] To determine if the Parp gene encodes the enzyme responsible for this increase, and if it is required for puffing, we wanted to determine if heat shock induced puffs formed normally in Parp mutant larvae. Unfortunately, Parp-defective animals die as second instar larvae, before salivary gland polytene chromosomes grow large enough to recognize banding patterns or specific puffs. However, the small puffs that form in wild type 12 chromosomes can be visualized using anti-RNA polymerase antibodies, which recognize the large accumulation of this enzyme at puff loci (FIGS. 9F, G). Moreover, it was possible to recognize the 87A 87C “double” puff specifically. These studies showed that the average size of the 87A and 87C puffs was reduced at least 3-fold in Parp^(CH1) larvae. We suspected those cells within Parp^(CH1) larvae that still were able to form small heat shock puffs, might retain a small amount of maternal or leaky Parp expression. Consequently, we double stained for puffs and for AJ1 nucleolar antigen. Cells that formed substantial puffs (3.0-4.0) still had nucleoli, whereas cells with very small puffs showed only cytoplasmic staining (data not shown). We concluded that PARP was required to form normal heat shock puffs, most likely by modifying proteins at the puff site. A similar blockage of puff formation was observed in third instar larvae within 30 minutes of injecting the specific PARP inhibitor, 3-aminobenzamide.

[0148] If the chromatin alterations that give rise to a puff are important for gene activity, then Hsp70 production should be reduced following heat shock in Parp^(CH) compared to wild type larvae. Western blots showed that the amount of Hsp70 protein recognized by specific antibodies was reduced 5-10-fold in the mutant. Thus, Parp is needed to form normal heat shock puffs and to express normal levels of puff encoded proteins.

[0149] PARP is Required for Anti-Bacterial Immunity

[0150] Heat shock genes all utilize a common transcription factor called HSF (Wu, Methods Enzymol. 170: 269 (1989)). Mice deficient in Parp1 display immune defects and are unable to normally induce immune responses that require the NF-κB family of transcription factors (see deMurica et al. 2000). A major mechanism of resistance to extracellular microbes in insects such as Drosophila is provided by innate immunity genes (reviewed by Hoffman et al. 2002. Nat Immunol. 3: 121-6). These genes encode antimicrobial peptides and their rapid induction following infection is controlled by NFκB-related transcription factors (Han et al. 1999. J Biol. Chem. 274: 21355-61).

[0151] Consequently, to look for other gene families that might require PARP, we tested the resistance of wild type and Parp^(CH1) larvae to the injection of approximately 2×10⁴ E. coli bacteria injected into their haemolymph. More than 95% of wild type but less than 7% of Parp^(CH1) larvae survive such a challenge. Even normal, unchallenged mutant animals frequently acquired spontaneous intracellular bacterial infections (FIG. 10A). In tissues showing variegated Parp activity we noticed that bacteria were found preferentially in cells that lacked Parp activity (FIG. 10B).

[0152] We compared the ability of wild type animals to induce two innate immunity genes, Diptericine and Drosomycin, using Diptericine-lacZ and Drosomycin-GFP reporter genes that can be recognized by specific anti-sera (FIG. 10D). Both genes were strongly induced in wild types following bacterial challenge, but under the same conditions their levels increased little if at all in Parp^(CH1) animals. To determine if Parp might be required at the level of chromatin, we injected bacteria along with biotinylated-NAD into 13 larvae and analyzed polytene chromsomes using avidin staining three hours later (FIG. 10C). Evidence that NAD was heavily incorporated at one or more specific loci was observed, suggesting that some loci do form puffs in response to bacterial infection.

[0153] PARP May Facilitate Diverse Types of Chromatin Remodeling

[0154] Previously, we reported that PARP is required to form and/or maintain normal heterochromatin, to repress copia retrotransposon transcription, and to form and/or maintain nucleoli (Tulin et al. 2002). The experiments reported here extend the chromosomal processes that require Parp function to include the induction of specific genes—those encoding Drosophila heat shock proteins, and at least some innate immunity genes. PARP's proposed mechanism of action during DNA repair suggests a model (FIG. 11) that can unify many or all of these functions. Canonical PARP proteins such as mouse PARP1 are thought to act as a reversible chromatin removal device at sites of DNA damage. First, PARP senses lesions and activates its catalytic domain, causing it to modify nucleosomal histones, transcription factors and other chromosomal proteins so that they dissociate from DNA. At the same time, activated PARP turns off its own catalytic activity by automodification. While present, the ADP-ribosyl chains may bind the removed chromatin proteins and tether them near their original location. Following repair of the lesions and removal of poly(ADP)-ribose groups by glycosylase, the chromatin proteins are freed and reassemble onto the DNA.

[0155] For a similar model to explain developmentally or environmentally controlled chromatin re-modeling, this general sequence of events must change in two ways. First, signals other than DNA lesions must be able to activate PARP. PARP interacts specifically with many other proteins, some of which may activate the COOH terminal catalytic domain. PARP contains potential target sites for casein kinase 2, and may itself be subject to covalent modifications that might facilitate activation. Whatever the mechanism, it would be important that it take place only with appropriate chromosome domains and at the appropriate time. This suggests that specific transcription factors with which PARP interacts are strong candidates as co-activators of PARP activity.

[0156] The second requirement is that new co-factors or modifications occur while the chromatin proteins have been removed so that they reassemble into a different state than before. Many sites of PARP activation, such as nucleoli and puff loci, may reassemble in their original state, like sites following DNA repair. However, in certain cases, as during heterochromatin formation, or some hormonally induced puffs, a new chromatin state may arise. For this end, new chromatin proteins may be added, and existing proteins may be modified while dissociated and bound to ADP-ribose polymers. The disassembly of protein complexes is likely to facilitate re-assembly into new patterns. The same environmental or developmental signals that activate PARP might induce the relevant new proteins and modifying activities to program the outcome.

[0157] Puffs May be a Visual Manifestation of PARP-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling

[0158] The direct visualization of the chromatin changes during puffing is one of the strongest arguments for the model of FIG. 11. However, the mechanism and function of these dramatic chromatin alterations have remained enigmatic. While the promoter strength and length of the underlying transcription unit can affect the size of puffs induced by heat shock transgenes (Simon et al. 1985. Cell. 40: 805-17), puffing and transcription are separable (Simon et al. 1985. Chromosoma 93:26-30); Meyerowitz et al. 1988). The chromatin surrounding the hsp70 genes is profoundly altered by puffing. Nuclosomes lose their regular association with DNA (Cartwright et al. 1986. Mol. Cell. Biol. 6, 779-791) and the DNA becomes as extended as naked DNA (Simon et al., 1985). Our experiments provide a plausible mechanism for these extensive changes. The question of why genes such as hsp70 and ecdysone response genes, but not many other highly transcribed genes, undergo these major chromatin changes upon activation remains less clear. Loosening and removal of nucleosomes may allow an increased polymerase elongation rate and hence higher rates of protein production. If so, then puff loci must have evolved transcriptional mechanisms that are resistant to disruption by PARP activation. During repair Poly(ADP-ribose) addition is thought to inhibit transcription. Poly(ADP-ribose) addition to TATA binding protein (TBP) and to transcription factors such as YY1, p53 (Mendoza-Alvarez et al. 2001) and CREB blocks their ability to bind DNA in vitro. However, TBP and transcription factors that are already bound to DNA resist modification and are not released (Oei et al. 1998). The preformed transcription complexes found on heat shock genes (reviewed in Lis et al. 1995. In: Elgin, S. C. R. (Ed.), Chromatin Structure and Gene Expression. IRL Press, Oxford, pp. 71-88) might therefore provide an initial resistance to inhibition. Large amounts of poly(ADP-ribose) polymer might have functions completely separate from transcriptional activation, such as providing temporary storage sites for chaperone complexes containing nuclear proteins. Regardless of the exact mechanisms, our findings indicate that PARP activation does not inevitably lead to the dissociation of all chromatin proteins, and that high levels of PARP activation are compatible with some ongoing chromosomal functions.

[0159] Parp function is likely to be required to form puffs generally, and not just for heat shock puffs we studied. All the puffs we observed had high levels of ADP-ribose modified proteins, including the ecdysone induced puffs such as 74A and 75B (FIG. 9). We previously reported that Parp^(CH1) mutant larvae frequently arrest development precisely at the moult between the second (12) and third (13) larval instars (Tulin et al. 2002). Such molts are induced by a rise in the titer of juvenile hormone, and induce a series ecdysone response genes (Thummel 2000). Our results suggest that the developmental arrest of Parp larvae results from a failure to express ecdysone response genes.

[0160] Parp may act by other mechanisms that do not involve chromatin removal

[0161] In some instances, PARP has been proposed to act directly as a transcription factor or chromatin modulator. In mammals, NF-κB and PARP-1 form dimers (Hassa et al. 1999; Chang et al. 2001. J Biol. Chem. 276: 47664-70). These complexes may activate NF-κB dependent gene transcription, a function requiring neither PARP DNA binding nor catalytic activity (Hassa et al. 2001. J Biol. Chem. 276: 45588-97). Alternatively, the complex may be inactive, but PARP automodification would disrupt its association with NF-κB, releasing NF-κB for activation (Chang et al. 2001). The nature of the PARP1 requirement in vivo has not been resolved, however. Parp-deficient Drosophila were found to have also have defects in immune function and in NF-κB-dependent gene transcription. Further study immune gene induction in normal and mutant flies is likely to reveal if Parp is required at the level of transcriptional initiation or chromatin structure.

[0162] PARP forms stable protein-protein complexes with numerous other chromosomal proteins. These interactions might in some cases modulate chromatin structure by mechanisms that do not require catalytic activity. For example, PARP associates with the mammalian YY1 transcription factor. In Drosophila, the YY1 homologue Pleiohomeotic is likely determinant for repression complexes mediated by the Polycomb protein.

[0163] There are additional reasons to believe that not all actions mediated by PARP take place via chromatin changes. Both mammalian cells and Drosophila produce multiple PARP isoforms as well as related proteins sharing some protein domains. A number of these proteins contain the PARP catalytic domain consensus without the DNA binding or automodification domains In addition, molecules such as PARP-e (Tulin et al. 2002), lack the catalytic domain, and PARP-e is required for the production of all Parp isoforms. These PARP-e related molecules may act directly as transcription factors or chromatin proteins. Thus, PARP-e related proteins are abundant and versatile proteins that likely play diverse roles.

[0164] Use of Parp for Gene Re-Programming

[0165] These studies suggest that PARP could be used to experimentally reprogram chromatin, a capability that would have many useful applications. For example, a specific gene could be activated in a differentiated cell type where it is normally inactive and in a suppressed chromatin state. First, endogenous chromosomal PARP molecules would be activated at the site of such a gene by engineering local DNA damage, or through the binding of PARP-activating factors that act at normal puff sites. The activated PARP molecules will then modify local chromatin proteins, including histones, causing some to dissociate and the chromatin structure to loosen. If the transcription factors needed for gene transcription are present or are simultaneously provided, the desired gene should begin to be transcribed. In some cases this may be sufficient for the desired effect, however, it would likely be possible by further actions to make the reprogrammed gene remain active. If appropriate chromatin and chromatin-modifying proteins are expressed prior to the downregulation of PARP activity, the chromatin surrounding the gene is likely to re-assemble in an active state. A better understanding of the role of PARP in normal chromatin re-programming will likely facilitate the development of such methods.

[0166] Having now fully described this invention, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the same can be performed within a wide and equivalent range of conditions, formulations and other parameters without affecting the scope of the invention or any embodiment thereof. All patents and publications cited herein are fully incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

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Cys Ser Glu Cys Asn Ser Cys Gln Phe 280 285 290 att gtt aat aaa tct gga tat ata tgt aat gga aat cat tct gag tgg 1208 Ile Val Asn Lys Ser Gly Tyr Ile Cys Asn Gly Asn His Ser Glu Trp 295 300 305 acc aaa tgt aac aag ctg cta aaa gag cca aca aga tcg gca tgc ata 1256 Thr Lys Cys Asn Lys Leu Leu Lys Glu Pro Thr Arg Ser Ala Cys Ile 310 315 320 325 gtg cca aaa gaa ctt aaa gca tta tat aat ttt ttg aat acc gtg aaa 1304 Val Pro Lys Glu Leu Lys Ala Leu Tyr Asn Phe Leu Asn Thr Val Lys 330 335 340 gaa att cca tct aca cgg atc ttt aat aac ttt cct ccc aat aaa agt 1352 Glu Ile Pro Ser Thr Arg Ile Phe Asn Asn Phe Pro Pro Asn Lys Ser 345 350 355 acc ttt tct aga agt ctt ttg aaa acg aat aaa aac aat gat gtt ttg 1400 Thr Phe Ser Arg Ser Leu Leu Lys Thr Asn Lys Asn Asn Asp Val Leu 360 365 370 gtt agg cca aca ata cct cgt ata agt ccg cca tta tac aat tta aag 1448 Val Arg Pro Thr Ile Pro Arg Ile Ser Pro Pro Leu Tyr Asn Leu Lys 375 380 385 ttt tca att ata ggc tta aag aac cag cat aaa gag cta aga aag cga 1496 Phe Ser 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Tyr Lys Val Gln Leu Leu Lys Ala 545 550 555 560 Asp Lys Lys Glu Lys Tyr Trp Ile Phe Arg Ser Trp Gly Arg Ile Gly 565 570 575 Thr Asn Ile Gly Asn Ser Lys Leu Glu Glu Phe Asp Thr Ser Glu Ser 580 585 590 Ala Lys Arg Asn Phe Lys Glu Ile Tyr Ala Asp Lys Thr Gly Met His 595 600 605 Phe Ser Glu Ile His 610 3 23 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature primer PI for amplifying PARP-I 3 aaataataaa tgtcttgaaa ttg 23 4 21 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature primer PIII for amplifying PARP-e 4 gtcttgattt tgtgtatacc g 21 5 18 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature primer R4 for amplifying PARP-I or PARP-e 5 ttttatgaaa ccaattcg 18 6 17 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature oligonucleotide D1 for detecting PARP-I or PARP-e 6 gtgtcgtgga tgtgaac 17 7 18 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature oligonucleotide R2 for detecting PARP-I or PARP-e 7 ttggaattct ggattttg 18 8 30 DNA Drosophila melanogaster misc_feature 5′-copia sequence for detecting PARP-I or PARP-e 8 ccgtttgatg gcgagaagta 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gtcccggtgc attcctaang ccaaatggca ttcgaaggta ctcgtaatga 2400 cccgttttcg atggcaaatg cagttttgga tatttctttt ctgtttgata aaatgctttt 2460 gccagatcaa tagttgtaaa atattgacat tttcctaatg taccaaggat ttcgtccatg 2520 tttgctattg gatctctgtc gggaattagt tatttcataa tcgctacgct atacttgatt 2580 ttaccacaag catcagtaag caattactat tcctaattaa tccgtgattt agcgtttcca 2640 gtaattggtt ttcgacttta atttcgtgcg tttgagcaaa agggtactga tttaaataaa 2700 ttggggagtt atgtgttgta tttagtacgt atttaatagt atttgtaaat gtttatgtat 2760 tgaagatttt taaatttatt taataaacct ttcaccttta aattttcctc ctgatttagg 2820 tgatgaaata gatttgagtt ttctattggt tctggtgtct tttggatata tatatactaa 2880 taagttgaaa ttgtttgaat tcatgcgcgt cttgaagtct catttcgtca atagacattt 2940 tggttcgttc actgtccgaa ggtcttagcc gtatttttag atgtggccaa ccctccaacc 3000 ctcgttgagg gtacgcattt cctctgaaat gtgctgtttg atgattttga gttttattgg 3060 gatgttgtgg aaaaggattt tttttaataa ttcgttatgt gttcatgtat tggattggtc 3120 tgaaataatt aggtaccggt cacataggtt ggttattagt catctgctgt gtataggtgg 3180 gtctaaatgg tggttattaa ttaggttgga agggttgaga atattgtggg taacttggtc 3240 gatattgagt ttggtcaagt ttattgaata tgtgtgattt agaatgttga ttaagattta 3300 agtttttatc tggattttta tttaatttaa aattaatatg ttcatcatat attgcaatag 3360 aaattaaaga tcttacgtca taatgtgtta aaatagtgaa taattgtatt ggtagttttc 3420 taatcagcat tttaatagac ttaataaata ataaatttat taaataagaa attccaattt 3480 acgtcgcgtt tctgcttctt cgcagaattc tcttcgattt ccttttttag ttgtctccct 3540 gaagttcacc agtagttcgg tgcttggggc ttaaattctg agattatttt ggatttcagg 3600 gttggccaat cttcgatgtt cggaagtccc atagatcgtg ttacttgtcc gtccaagttt 3660 cttttgatgg ctccaagtaa aatcctctgt tgtcgcacat cattcgtttg gtagattgaa 3720 attacgtagt ccaacctgct tatgaagggt tcctggatca cccttaaatg gcattatgtt 3780 ttttagctga cgacggtatt tagcgaggtt gttgtcgctt ggcgcaacta tttggggtgc 3840 ggcaataatt ggatgtgccg tttttattgt agatttttat tttgtattgt tttcgaatac 3900 tttttgtatc ctactaatta ttccagtaaa atgtttgtat attattgagt cgtccagcca 3960 gttgactgag gacaacgtta agaaataaaa aaaattatcg gagagatagt tttgacgtct 4020 ttattctttt gatctcagct taaaaataaa tgttagttac aaaaatcttt cttatactgc 4080 cattttcttt aaattatttc gaaagcgagg tcccccgctt gggatattgg ttgtatacag 4140 ctaccagatg tggattgttt acattgcgtg ggattcgcca ctctgcatat tcttatttct 4200 tccgaaagtg ctgattatgt gaatatgtaa tatgctcact ctttgttcgc atattttaac 4260 gctgcctgtg tgcatacata atttgccctc ccactagcca catgcatctc ctaatcggga 4320 gactggaatt tatcgttctc ttagttttaa ctactactaa ataaaagctt aagtaatttt 4380 gtagtaaaat tcaatatccc ttataaatat atgtcgtgga tttttttacg gtatatgtag 4440 tttttaaaaa tcgtcttaca aacattaaaa atctaccttt tttaatctaa ctagattttt 4500 ttaattaaaa tttttctgtc tatttatagg cgttccagct atggcaggta gcgcaataat 4560 cgggggcgta ctcttagctc ttatcgaagg tgttggaata ctgtttacaa gaatttctgc 4620 tgaccagttt aaaaatccga taccacctgc agaagacccc gtagcccttg gagatcctgg 4680 aagaaatttt tcatttgaat ccgcttctaa ccgaacacaa tatcaataaa ctagtaacca 4740 tgtgaaaaca aaaaacaata accttagaat aaggtgataa atatgtattg attattctta 4800 ttcatgatcg ctcagctgta gtcgagttcc ccgactataa gatacattat taagctagtg 4860 gaagtgatac cgctaaattt catcattgtt ccggcatatt gatacatatt ggataatata 4920 atcaaaaaga attggaggtt tgtttgtgta agtaaggcaa atcgtttgaa atttacaaga 4980 ctaataaata tataaaaaag atcaatatat ttttcaaaag tgtgtggtta gggggcgata 5040 aagtggtgcg ggtggcaaaa tgtttttttg catatcgata gatatttaca agactgatac 5100 aaaaatcaaa aaatttttaa aaagtgttgg tgttacgtgc tgcctggctt ctaaatatat 5160 cctatttcct atatcctata tccctatatt tgtagcttct agatatatcc ttgaccaaaa 5220 ccagtgcagt ggcgaggatg acacgaaaaa cgaagttccg tgtgagtatg tgtgactgcc 5280 tccgaaattt ggacagacgt tctactttaa gttgtgcgtg atccagatga aagtcgataa 5340 agcagcgaat gaacgcacgg gtaaggcaaa cgtacggtgc taacgaaaat gtcgacaata 5400 ttttgcccca ttcgaaaaca atttcaaaga gcatcgttat atggcatctc aagagcactt 5460 tggtccagtt aaagcggaga ttgtaaagtt caagctgtgt cgtatggaca gaccatcatt 5520 taagattgtc ttatctgtcc tttaccatac attatataag agaaggcata ttggtaatga 5580 aaggagaatc ctgcacaggt aattgaattt aaatataaat ttagtgcttt tcaatcacca 5640 aaaaaatgaa taatgctaat tattttatta tttttttaga tgtaattatt cttattaaac 5700 taatagatat taaaaaaaat tttggttgca accttgataa agaccagcct gtgattgtta 5760 cggatagagg ttttaacatg ataacgtcct tccaaggata cgaccatatt ttttgcacaa 5820 cattatagag gcaacggtaa aaaaaaatta tagaattttc taaaatggtt gatacatgca 5880 gtaaaatagt taagtttttt aagaagtcag ggtaaatttt ttctttaaat acgacattga 5940 aaagcttgaa aaccaaagac actagaataa caagatgcgt aaggccatac tattttttgg 6000 cacacgattt tttcgccgtg gctctagagg tggctccagg ctctctcgaa ttttgttaca 6060 gagcggagag cgctacagcg aacagctctt ttctacgcat acagtgatgg cagacaactg 6120 tatgtgtgcc catgtatgct catgcattgt aaatttgaca aaacatgccc ttcaagttct 6180 tggactttaa atctatatta tttttgatca attggcacca tgcgaaaaat tcttgttttt 6240 cattgcctta acgttattat aatttgaaaa tagattagaa atagccaaat ctatgtacat 6300 attatcacaa aataaaattc aaaactgact ttatatatat atacagttgc ggtaacaata 6360 atagcaccat aagcacattt cgtgtttgtc ccagcgtttc tctattttct gacacttttt 6420 tcatcatttt actcactaaa cttaaatact acaatgattt tcaatcgaaa taaaaaaatt 6480 agtaacagta acagtaacaa aaaaaactgt taaaaaaaac aaaaaaatag cactgtttct 6540 cgtagtttgc taagactaac caaagaaata aaaaaataat tcaacaaatg ggattatatc 6600 ttaagaacta tgtttaaaga atcttaatat ttagtttgcg tggacctttt ggttggcaat 6660 aacagccgcg catcgtcctg gcatggagtc caccaagtcc cggcacagtt tttgaggaat 6720 ttaccgttat tattgggttn ggcttcaaaa accttttttt caggncttnc caagggtttc 6780 gatgggatca gtcggtgatt gagnaggcca gtnttcctgg acaatctgnt ctaacccttt 6840 cactttctgg tcggnggttg ggncgtatcc gtcgaaagtc aaaccacggt ttcatcccgg 6900 atatgggaga tacatttccg gaaattgngc tatcgccttg gcatggagtc caccaagtcc 6960 tgtcaccgtt tttgagaaat tttggtccat gaatccttga caacacccca aagatcctcg 7020 ttattattgg gtttggcttc agaaatcttt ttttcacttc cgcccaaagg ttttcgattg 7080 gattcaagtc gggtgactga gcaggcgatc gcattactcg gatcgatttc tgctcaaacc 7140 actttctagc tttcttgctc gtgtgttttg ggtcgttatc ctgttgaaat gtccaagcca 7200 acggcatatc atcctcggca tatggcagca tcacattttc caggagatct gtgtaaatgt 7260 gctgatccat gatgccttga atctaatgga tcggacctac tccatagtat gaaaatcacg 7320 cccataccat gatgtttgat cccccgtgct ttaccgcctt aaaggtgaag cgaggattat 7380 attcagttcg tggtggacgc cgaacataag accgagagcc tttcccacca aacaacacaa 7440 ttttgctctc atctgaccac aaaatgttgc gccacttctc cacaggccag tccttgtgta 7500 tcttggcata ttcgagtcgc tttgccacat gcttaacagt caaaagcggg acttttctgg 7560 gactgcacgc attaaggttg ttttgtctta agcgtttgcg aactgtttcc acgcttgcag 7620 ctatctgaag ctccttcttc agttccgtcg ccggcttaaa aggctccttc ttgctttgcc 7680 gaaccaagcg cttgatctcc acgttggaca ttgagggctt tcttccacgt gtttcgtcct 7740 tttcgacaaa cagcattgtg gatcattttg tttgaacacc cgacaattcg accaatttca 7800 gcgtaggttt tacattcaga gatcatgttt ttaatcaaat ttcttttttc gacggtacaa 7860 tgcttttcgc gacccataac tagagaattt ttggtcttcg tttggaacaa attcaattaa 7920 aacctttaat acaactcctt ttttcaaaat ttgtcgaaaa aaatcccaaa tcactcctat 7980 taattttatt caacaaatac gtggtcagtg ctatttttgt taccgtctca tttcgcgcgc 8040 ttttgcagca agtgcccaaa aacaaaaaga accgttacat tgagagagta aaaatttctt 8100 gctcagagag gcgcgtatgt tttagggatg caagaaaagg gcctatcgat agtgcgggtg 8160 ggggttgatg gcttttggag ctatcggtgc ggtcgtgcgt ggcctatcgt tttatcgatg 8220 taaaaccggt ggctagcgtt agttaatcaa atactattca aatttgaata tgtcggagat 8280 gccaagcgcg acttttcatt tacttcagcg tccatattgt ccagcacatc aagtcgcctg 8340 cgtgttgttt cttctgtcgt tctaagcaga ctaatttact caagcgtcgc cttcgcgatg 8400 cttttcttct attcctcacc ttcactcaat tatttcatcc ttacttcgtt tccagaaact 8460 atacaacaac aacaacagcc acacaaatga tgcccactca ataacggaac gctttccgtg 8520 aatttcattg ctcgctgctc attcttaaca taacggatca ataacaaaat gtcggttaca 8580 ttctactact caatcttgct tgtgaaattt tgctgatcaa acgtgcttaa agcgaattat 8640 taaatttaat aaaatgcctg gaaagagata aactttgaag ttacccaatt aataaactat 8700 aaccaccagt tgggaaaatc ttttccagaa taagtataaa tgttttctgt atcccgtaag 8760 accgtctact attttttaaa aggctcggaa aaagaggaca ggcttgaacc taagagtggt 8820 ggtgggcgga aaattaaaat taaaaagcgt gtagaccgct ttattatgcg aatagagatt 8880 gcgaaccccc ggtcagatca cttgctctgg atatcaggca agagtgtcac ctaactgtgt 8940 cacacgaaac tgtgcgccaa gtcatcctac gccatagata ctcttcaaga gttgcgagga 9000 aaaatccttt gctatcagat gccaatatgg aaaagcgtca ttaattcgct gtgaacaagg 9060 tggatcatcc agaagagtac tgggatgacg tcatatttgg tgacgaaaca aaaattatgc 9120 tcttttataa cgacgggcca agcagagtat ggcgcaaacc gctgagtgcg ctagaaaaac 9180 aaaatatcat tccaacgata aaatttggaa aaatgtcact gatggtttgt ggctgtatca 9240 ccagccatgg agtgggaaaa ctagccttaa tttagagcac aataaatgcc gtgcaatatc 9300 taggaatctt aaaaaacaaa tttgaaggcc ggtgcagaaa aatttggtct agttagcaac 9360 aacaagccaa attttatatt ttaagaggac atgatcagaa acataaagag tgcaatgtac 9420 gcacctggcg cccttataac tgtggtaaag tgatcgatac gcccccctta gagtcctgat 9480 ctgaacccca ttgaaaattt gtggacctac ttaaagaaga aggtggcaaa aagggcccta 9540 aaacacgaca acagcttatg actgcaatag tcgaatggtg tgaaaagatc ctgcttgaat 9600 atgacctaca aaaacttatc cattccatga aaaaaaaggc ttcaacttgt agcgtaagcc 9660 aacggggaac atactacata ctaaaacttt taaaatttta atgaaataat ttaaaaattt 9720 aggagtaaac ttcgattaag tgttttgtgt aaagagtttc ttgaagtgtg taaacttgga 9780 atttcttgtt tattttcttg tatatttaat atttttaatt tgttttttga tttatactta 9840 aaataaatgt tgtttaatta tattgaataa aagaattgcg tttaattaag caaagaaccc 9900 ttcattttta cctttaaaat caaaaattca acttatttca cagtttcttg acaaactgta 9960 attagtttct tagctttgaa gcgtagaagc cagtttgcaa aaggaaggac aggagggcat 10020 ggttatattg acttggctat tcgtacttat taagaatgta gtgtttttat acagccgtaa 10080 atgtcttctt taatgcctcg caactttttt aaagatatta aaatattctc tgcgaggtta 10140 taatatgaat ccgtgtttct ctctccatag tttcttaatt gttggcaact tatcgacgtt 10200 atcttgacgc acatcgaaat ttacaaagta ctggtattac ccattggcca gtgcgcgttt 10260 gactactaat aattttacgt taataatttt ttaagtcctt ttaacgttgt tttggcaata 10320 aaaatgactt ctcgcgataa tattttcgag gaaaaaatat gcaatagatt agatcattgc 10380 gtttctgatg tattaattaa aggatgtgag tacgaacatt tacgtaacat ttttaaaccg 10440 tggtatttgc atattgaaat atcaattttt aaaagcaaaa tcaaaacggt attttaaatg 10500 gcatttatta ccatttttaa taacccagca tatgatgtat gaaaaattat aatttggcta 10560 ggctaagttg tataaagttg tatggcatga gtagacaagt gtattgttta aatcttgcaa 10620 actaaaaata attttataat taaaatggtt tgcttaagct aaacattcag aaacgtaatc 10680 atacctcgca gatttccaaa aaacatcaaa atatgccgaa gttcgggata taaaataatt 10740 ttttatttga attgttgata gaattatgca aataacaatt ttaatatttc gttgcaaatc 10800 cttgctgtct atgaaaattt gcaggctatt aggaaacgag ttggcttagt aagaggcaaa 10860 gttgtttgcg attttcactt tctcagcatt ttgttttaaa acggtttggt atccaaattt 10920 gcaactttct tcaatcttac tctactcatt gttcttgagg cttttaaagc taactttttt 10980 gtgaaaatct ttggtatgcg gtgtattaca cgtttttcct agttcggcct tgcgaaaaac 11040 ttttaagatc ggaatctttt gaataatttc gtgcacattg gacttcctcc atcccaccaa 11100 ttctgtaatt ttcaaactga tgtttcttca taaatcaatc agctgtggaa tttccaagga 11160 cgattgctac ccttttggag tcattccaaa gcccacaagc cagctcacag aagctggggt 11220 cggaaaaatc gaattttaga tatttgaaag ctaaaatcgt ttgcccacca attagttttt 11280 atgcccacgt ccagatttcg agatctgtat tttcgaaaaa gaaaattcgc gaaaataaaa 11340 acgttgactt tttctatcgt ttttttttta tacctaattt atttttgtaa ccttaaaaaa 11400 tacctgttta aaaatattta tcgtttgccc aaccttttaa agtaactaat tttgttaagc 11460 cacctctcga aatattattt ttttcaatta ataacatttc attaccattt gataaaacgg 11520 tttttaagaa tcgatatcat cctttaaaat tagatttgcc catactttaa cattagtttt 11580 catcatttgt ctatccttta aaattttttt tatttgcact tccatttttc tatcgtttta 11640 tttaatactt aatttatttt tgtaacatta aaaaatacct gttcaaaaat atttatagtt 11700 tgcccaccct taaaagtaac taatttcgtt agcccacctc tcgaaatatt ttttttttca 11760 attgcaaaaa aaaactaatt tgtcggcaac catgggcaaa caattccatt tatcaaattt 11820 cgattttccg accccagctt ctttgggatc caccgaccac ccaatactgc cacaaccaca 11880 atttttaaaa atgtgttgaa aatgttgatt ttactatttg tcttgccaaa catatctaaa 11940 aaaatcgtac caagctcact ctaatattag ctcaattaaa taatttaact aattaaatta 12000 aattggataa ataaaatacc actttttttc aggtggaggc gtaattattg gatctgctgt 12060 atctttctta attttaaaga gacgagcatg gcctgtatgg ctcggcgctg gatttggaat 12120 gggcatcgct tataggacgt gtgaaaagga tttaaattct ttaaaataaa gattattacc 12180 ttttaattca aataaaatat ttaattgagt aatgaaaata atatacttat ttagtgctta 12240 ttaatactga ggccttaaga gtgttgaatt atgtgatttt ccaaaaatat tccaaaaaag 12300 acaatttaat attataatcc atttgtgatc accattatcc gtcttgaaga gaaatctatt 12360 ttgcatgtta tacaccatgt caggatacga ttattttaag aagctctcgg agagctctag 12420 agaaagcagc tcttttgtac gctaaggctg acgacagagt gtgttcgaga agcgataata 12480 ttgcgcgaaa acgagcgata aaccactgca tgcattttta agtggaatcg ctcgaaagat 12540 gtcagagtga gagcgaagcg gacgactacg atataatgga acaaaacgca agtacaagta 12600 tgcaagccca aatcaacgga acttaaggag atggtggcaa acttggcaac gatggtccaa 12660 acggcatgct tgcaacaaca aagtcaagca caagggactg tggaacaaga aacgacacgc 12720 ttacgtcaga cgctggaatg atcgagacac acacatgcgc caaacgggat gcaaccggaa 12780 aatgtgctct catcgccaca cgctagaagc tcaaggtcaa ggttttacaa gcatcaaaga 12840 aatgatagga attctgccgg attttgatcc aatcaaggga tctatcacat cggagcaatt 12900 catcgcaaag gtagagcaac tacaaagcgt atacatgtgg acaagtgacg ctgtgctgtt 12960 tgcagtgcag cataagatct tgattttcca tgtttagtga gtacggccga tgtgcacagg 13020 gaattgatgc gtcgcaagcg acgcaatagc gagtcattaa ttgaatactt ttatgcgatg 13080 gtagctattg gacggcgtgc gagtgtcgat gaaccatcaa taaattcgta tatcatcaac 13140 gggcttaatt caaaagaact cacggaatca ttattagcga tgaacatacg cacttgttca 13200 gagctgctaa agtcgttgga aaatttgaga ttttcacaag agatacatca acaacaatac 13260 aacgcaatac aacgatgctg atggcaagat gaaagcagtt aaatgttata attgcaataa 13320 tttcgggcac tttgcagcaa aatgcacagt gccacagcga aaggaaagat gttccaaatg 13380 ctctaagatt gggcataatg aaaaggattg caagttctca ttggaggcca acagtttgaa 13440 gcattcatcg acacgggcag tgataacacc ctaatgaaag aagcagcagt gccagatgga 13500 gcaatacggc agcccgagaa tcaaacgtct gaaaggcttt ggaggatctg tggtcgaatc 13560 gaaggagtgc attctttcag agtttgcata tggcaaactg agactcctca cgcaaattca 13620 ggtggtacca aacgaagtcc taccatatgt attgtatgta tatatatgtc ctcgtgggca 13680 gagatatcat ctgccacgat caggaaatgc tggttgcccg aaaattcagg atcaaccgtt 13740 gacagcagcg gagcaggtcg ggtttaatgt taacacggac attgaccccg accaccagga 13800 acaggtgagc gatctattaa agagctataa agagtgtttt gccgaagatt tgtcaaatat 13860 tggcaggtgc aaaaccacga agatggatat agaggtatcc tttacgaaag ccatcttggg 13920 gcggcgatat caagtgccgt ttgcccaaag ggagatgatg actaccataa taggtgactt 13980 actgaagtac gggataattg aaaggagcaa gtcaacgcat gcagcatcag caatattggt 14040 gccaaaggca aatggagaac ggaggctttg cgtggactat cgggctctaa acgcagtcac 14100 tataaagaag cgatatccga tgccgattgt agaggagcaa ttggcaaagc tatccggaaa 14160 tgtatacttc acgacgctgg atatgacatc cggttattac caggttccga tggacaagaa 14220 aagcaaaaat ttgacggcat ttatggcacc agatggactg tacgaattta atgtcatgcc 14280 ctttggtctg gtgaatgcac cgatggtctt ccaagaagtc attactgaga tcataatatt 14340 aaaggaattc ctggatgctg ttaagttggc gggcttaacg ctgcgcccat ccaaatgcgc 14400 attttatgaa aacgaaggtg acctttttgg gtcatgtgat cacgggcaac gggattcagc 14460 caggcaatga gaagactaac tgcatcaatg aatatcaaag gccatgtaac gaaacagaag 14520 tacgcagatt cctgggagtt acaggattct tcagaaaatt tgtcaaagag tacagtatga 14580 ttgcgtatcc attgagcaaa ttattgaaaa aggatgtgga cggtatatgg tggaagatct 14640 gccagaccac aatgttactc agcgacgcta ttgtaacgtg atgtcaagcg accatatgag 14700 gccaatgtgt gccttaattc caaacctgga tatagatgag ccgatatatg aatataacga 14760 cgacgcagga atgtcaggag aggccggatg ttaagaggaa gagcatgaga gagggggagt 14820 tgcttgcgag atgccaggga gtgcggacgt gtgctcgctg ggtgaacgat gaaggcagat 14880 gtatactgaa gacttataac tattgtaaca cattaataaa agaaaagaat aaacatgaag 14940 gatcaacctg acacattttt atggtcacaa ctgtcatata atacttttat atttaattac 15000 taaaaatcta gttttcacag ttgtcgactt cacaaaaatc gtccccatat acgtacaaga 15060 cacgctttga ggaatccata aaacaacctc aattcttgtc aagtgattcc aaaaactgta 15120 actgtgcaat atttcagaaa atatcagtgg agaatgggca caagaagtcg aattaatttg 15180 aaatgctgta tagtctttct agagtggctc caggctctct cgaattttgt tagagagcga 15240 gagagcgaag agcgctcagc gaacagctct tttcaacgca caaagtgata gcagacaact 15300 gtatgtgtgc acacgtatgc tcatgcattg taaatttgac aaaaatcttc aaagttcttt 15360 gactttaaat ctatattatt tttgatcaat tggcaccatg cgaaaaattc ttgttttgca 15420 ttgccttaac gttattatta tttgaaaata aaatagaaat agccaaatct ttgtacatat 15480 tatcacaaaa ataaatttca aaaatgactt tatgtaagaa tatttgtcat tagagtattc 15540 atcttgaggc gtgtgaaaaa ttaataaggc aatgattgtt gagtgcttgt gtccgcactt 15600 cgtgcctgaa gatatgaaca aagcaaagac actagaataa ttctagttat catattttta 15660 tgaaatttat gaaattacag tagttataat aatttctatt gnttttcctt taattaatta 15720 gtatatttat taagtcattt gacttaaaat gatgtaacat taatattaaa agtgtttcaa 15780 aaaaatattt ctcttttaaa aaattggtca gatgagagac aaattagaat taaacataac 15840 aaatttaaca aacaaattta aaaaacttta aaaatataat agtcaggggc gcgaattttn 15900 aaaatttttt atttatcata ttgntaggaa attggcaaaa ctccctaata tgtcaatgna 15960 aatcgttctt catcagaatg attcggccga aaatcgcttn tagccaccac gcacacatta 16020 cgcgttctcg ctctggttta ctcagacaag caagcaaatc tatttttaga ttttatgctc 16080 tnacgggagc gacggaanag nccattttgg ccgtccntna aaattgggtg cntngcccat 16140 cccattgtcg gtttgcccng ttcggcttct tggtatttct agtgtctttg gtagcctttt 16200 gttccaatgt ggctttncca gtccggtcca agtgcnagcg taacccgagc atccanttna 16260 atccccngca tcncatnatt ggcatagtcc ancgttctca cgctggtcaa agcngctgcc 16320 cgcnatccca tgtgtgccta tagcntatgn atanatngta gcatnatatg cttcncatat 16380 tacggnttnc gcaagcattg ntacatncca ttcttggcac atgcatntcc gccatnnatc 16440 cnatttacct tttttgctta cgcttcagcg catgatttgt tgtgcatccc atnccgttct 16500 tttttcgttc ttttttgtac acatatnctg attagacatt cccgtttctc gcgactcact 16560 tcaagccgat caaatactct gtagtcagtc ttcagctgnc agttttngna tanagacgct 16620 ctctgaaatt attcgtgttt caatttataa ttggcttcag cgttgatctt tgtcttcgtc 16680 ataggcggat cctttattcc gactcgcant agtnnctacg taagtggcgc agtcggtagg 16740 atgatcctag ttgatgcgat attacaccta ttcanttctc tgtgtgtcat ccgctaaagc 16800 tcgtacaact tcaatatctc gcgtcggtaa atcggnaccn ttggttcann accaaaaaac 16860 cccccccctt tttganacca tctacntanc cnaaaccnca gagtgattgt gnaagtnccc 16920 nacttannat tgtatngatg gcnttcccgc atangggctt cgtgaattcg ctgagtagta 16980 aatccacaaa aggttactca aaannaagcg aaatagcaaa gtgtgcaaca catgaaaaca 17040 gctaaactaa gtgaaaacta aataaaagta attacgacta agtgaactac aataacaaca 17100 gttaacctaa gcgataaaaa taaataaact taaccagaaa taaacgaaga ataataataa 17160 cagtgtaact aagtgaaaac taaataaagt taattacaac taagtgaacc ataataaaac 17220 agctaaacta agtgaaaatt gaataaaagt aattacaact aagtgaacta caataacaac 17280 agttaaccta agcgaaaaat aaataaactt aaccagaaat aaacgaacaa taataataac 17340 agtgtaacca agtgaaaact aaataaactt aattacaact aattgaacca taatattaac 17400 agctaaatta agtgaaaatt aaataaaagt aactacaact aagtgaacta caataacaac 17460 agttaaccta agcgaaaata aataaactta gctagaaata aacgaacaat aacaataaca 17520 gtgtaaccaa gtaaaaacta aataaactta attacaacta attgaaccat aataataaca 17580 gctaaattaa gtaaagactt aataaactca actacaacta aaatgaatta aatgcaacta 17640 agtgaaacat tataataata ataagtgagc gaacaacaag aaacccatca aacacataaa 17700 cttaaaacga agacacaaac caatagtgag aactcaaacc ctatcccaaa tcgcgaacca 17760 aattaaacca caaaccttat ctaagctacg aacaaacatt atcaaantaa tacgactnnc 17820 tatagggaga ggatctattg ttgtaaagta ttggcatcta cctaatttgn ccaatatctc 17880 acccattcgg ggaatgggaa atttgtcgtt aacagttatc tcatttagat tcctgtaatc 17940 gactaccaac ctgcattttt tttcccagag gcgtctgcct tcttggggac cacccaaata 18000 ggagaacaat aaggggactt cgattttcga acaatccctt gttctatcat ttctttaatt 18060 tgtttgttga cttcttggtc aacgctttga gggtacttgt anggtttacg gtatactggg 18120 tcttcgtgtt gagtttggat gacatgttta atagtactgg tgaaggtcaa attttcgccc 18180 tctttgtact gaatgtctct ttattcgtat aggaccttct ttaaacattc aacttcctct 18240 gcatttaagt gttcgagtct atactcgtta cattcgcgta actcattatt aatcgcgaag 18300 ttggctatat cgntgtcaac ggacatggga tcgagatgtg ttacatcatt gtccactgtg 18360 nctttaacaa catttgaaat gaggcatttg ggtaatgcan tctccttctc ttgatgctga 18420 tgctttggnt taaggcactt angtgggnnc ntaacctttt gcattnnngc tttgattctg 18480 ccactaaagc ggaatcatnc tcttggtttg ngtcaangcg tntggatacg gcnccccttt 18540 ttnttcatan agaaacttaa atctntngac cctagtctta ctgaattcnn nnnnnnnnnn 18600 nnnagacgaa actcnacttt attttgatng ccgagtcccg agctcgaatt cacatttatc 18660 aagcttcaat tttaaaattt gcttctgtag ctttgaaaaa actaattgta tgggatgttg 18720 aaaaaattat tatatcattc aaatatacta aacagtgttt gttaggcaaa tgtcaaagga 18780 tattattcat gcacctttga aaagtagcgg gtgcattcct aaggccaaac agcattcgaa 18840 ggtattcgta atgaccgttt ttgatggaaa atgcagcttt ggatattgat tctaggtcca 18900 tttctatttg atgaaatcct tttgccaggt caatagttgt aaaatattga cattttccta 18960 atgtaccaag gatttcgtcc attgtttgct attggatatc tgtcgggaat agttatttca 19020 ttgagttttc tataatcaat tactacgcta tactttattt taccacaagc atcagttttt 19080 tttttggtac tatccaagta gtactattgt atggtgaatt actatcccta attaatccgt 19140 aatttagccg tttccagtac ttggttttct actttaattt cgtgccgttt gagcaaaagg 19200 ggtactgatt tgaataaatt ggggagttat gtgttgtatt tngtacgtat ttaaatggna 19260 tttggaaatg gtnaatttgg ctttcttaat atatatatnn atatattata tattataagg 19320 catttggtat gtgcaacctt tgtatgctat ttctatggat tcgtgttgtc cggggctgtt 19380 gaccgaataa ttttcgcttg gttcagagtt attttgattt tcttggtcat taattttggc 19440 gggttgaacc tgttgttgct cttcattaat gaacccatga ttttggtata gattgtattg 19500 attgtggtta taatactggt gttcataata attaagttaa aattgttcga agttttgaag 19560 tcaaatttcg tcaatagaca ttttggtttg ttcactgtcc gatggtctta gtcgtatttt 19620 tagatgtttg gatgtttaga tgttgttttc gttgagggta ggtatatcct ctgaaatgtg 19680 ctatttgagg attttgggtt ttgttgggat atcgtgggaa aggatttttt ttaataattg 19740 gttatgtgtt catgtattgg acgggtctga aataattagg tgccggtcac ataggttggt 19800 tgttagtcat ctgtcgtgta ttggtgggtc taaatggtgg ttgcatgcat tgtaaaattt 19860 ggttggaagg gttgagaata ttgtggataa cttggtcgat attgagtttg ggtattgcta 19920 ttgaatttgt gtgatttaga attttgatta agattaaagt ttttatatcg atttttattt 19980 aatttaaaat taatatgttc gtcataaatt ccctcatttt ttgcaataga aattaaagat 20040 cttacgtcat gataagttaa aatagtgaag aatagtattg gtagttttat atttatttat 20100 ttaataaata ataaatgtaa caaataagaa attncggttt gttacctttc aggtgtaatt 20160 tcgaaatcaa catttgacgt cgatttccgc aaaaagattg ggnnnnnnnn ngaattccag 20220 gaaacnctan ntganttcaa gtccnggccc gaattctcct agatttcctt tgttaggtgt 20280 ctccatgaag ttcacnagta gtttgtagtt cggtgattgg agcttaaatg ctgagataag 20340 tctggatttc agggttggcc aatcttcgat gttcggaagt cccatagatg gtgctacttg 20400 tccgtccaag tttctttcga tggctccaag taaaatcctc tgttgtcgca catcattcgt 20460 ttggtagagc gaaattacgt agtccaatct gctgacgaag gtgtgggagg gtttctggat 20520 cacgcttgaa tggcatgatg tttttagcta acgacggtct tcagggaggt tgttgtcgct 20580 tagcgcaacg atttggggtg cggcaataat tggttgtgcc actgtaattn tttatttttt 20640 tattatactt tcttctttgt ttttatttat taaagttttc cgacagtttt caggttataa 20700 tctcttataa ttttaaaact aatatttaaa atttggaaat tgcaaaaatt atattttgga 20760 atttttagtt tattttaact tgttttaact tcttgtagtt tttatttcga ataataattc 20820 acttatgttt gtattgttta ttttaacttg tttcacgtat tagtttttat ttcgaataat 20880 aattcacgta tgtttgtatc cttaaaatgt tattggtctt ataggattgt ttaattttct 20940 tcttttttct tctgtgttgg acaaccgaat tggatttata acccaagttg aagttaaata 21000 agagtcagtt gcgtaattaa ctgcgagaat tacggattat acaatttaat ttattttcca 21060 ctcgtggttc tgatactttt tgtatccttt tgcgccagta agatatttgt tatatttttg 21120 agtcgaacta atgtcccgtc agttgaactt ccttattcgg atatcagctt aagactaaat 21180 gatagtgaca aaaatctttc ttcccctttt ccattttcct tgctctttta tatgctactt 21240 ccaatgtgaa tttactttcc ttagcatagt caatggtttt ttagcataaa atgattcttt 21300 gttgatggtt gtaagaaaaa atgttggtaa attgttctac caaatactat ttcgtatgga 21360 caatatttat gtgccatagg aggggtcaaa gacactataa taacaagatg cgtaacggcc 21420 atacattggt ttggccaaag accctagaat aacaagatgc gtaacgccat acgatttttt 21480 ggcacacgat tttttcgccg tggctctaga attatttcat ctaaggaaat tattttgttt 21540 tatnaggant cgaaagctgc aaatcgcagt ttattattgg cggtctgaat tttttaagtt 21600 tcaattagca tgtatgatat cgtaagaaat ttgtttgtgc taatatactt tttttaaaaa 21660 tgttttgaaa gcccgagccg cggttagcgg ccaaaaggtg ccattcagga tgacaactgt 21720 ttgtaatttt tggtaaagaa tggccaaggt agggcgggca ttacacgatc ctccaccaca 21780 cctgaggatc gagcggaagc ttgtagggta aaagaatcgt tctctccgtt gtaagtgtcg 21840 ttgatggcga tttgccgccc ttttcttaat tggaaatctt aattgttcca ggacaaggac 21900 caccaccccc acataacccg acaaggagct gctgaacttt cgccgcgtgc gtactggaat 21960 atctcacaac aattaaataa tttataattg atattgataa tttctctgtg tgctctttca 22020 ataatttcaa aatctaaatc gctatcaaaa taaatgctaa tgnttctatg aataaaatga 22080 tcttgtaaaa tttgtgtggc cttttcaagt ggcattaaat catattgaat tgtggtaatg 22140 gagctccgaa tattattgga atgctctaca ttatttttat tgcttctgca aatgttgagt 22200 atctacactt aagaanggat ttcttcaatt ttactggaat tttcattggt tttgatataa 22260 tcgattttaa attgttattc gtttaatcta gttctccatc ctttgtaact tatagcattc 22320 ggttcccttc tccatctttg taacttatag cattcggttc ctttaaagta tgaagtcatc 22380 taagagggtg atggtcacca gcaatgacaa actgtcgttt tagtaaataa agccgaaaag 22440 cttttgttgg cgagtaattc tttttcgata tctgtaattt aattcgtgtt cattaagtgt 22500 tctgctaata aaggatatgg gatggccatt ttgagaattt actgctcaaa gggttaattt 22560 actatcacct gtggttacgt tttttgaatg cgcctctatg tagtcaaggt tatgtgcatc 22620 tatctttgca ccttttttta aacatttggt cattggtttt ggtatgtctg cggtaatttg 22680 aaataaattc accataataa ccggttaatc caaggcaagg tctgatttgg aattggatgg 22740 ctgtcgttta aaggnagttt agttttatac cgttaggggt tacgacggac aaganggtat 22800 gccctaaaag gaaacggagt tnnnnnnnnn nnngaattca catttatcaa gcttcaattt 22860 taaaatttgc ttctgtagct ttgaaaaaac taattgtatg ggatgttgaa aaaattatta 22920 tatcattcaa atatactaaa cagtgtttgt taggcaaatg tcaaaggata ttattcatgc 22980 acctttgaaa agtagcgggt gcattcctaa ggccaaacag cattcgaagg tattcgtaat 23040 gaccgttttt gatggaaaat gcagctttgg atattgattc taggtccatt tctatttgat 23100 gaaatccttt tgccaggtca atagttgtaa aatattgaca ttttcctaat gtaccaagga 23160 tttcgtccat tgtttgctat tggatatctg tcgggaatag ttatttcatt gagttttcta 23220 taatcaatta ctacgctata ctttatttta ccacaagcat cagttttttt tttggtacta 23280 tccaagtagt actattgtat ggtgaattac tatccctaat taatccgtaa tttagccgtt 23340 tccagtactt ggttttctac tttaatttcg tgccgtttga gcaaaagggg tactgatttg 23400 aataaattgg ggagttatgt gttgtatttn gtacgtattt aaatggnatt tggaaatggt 23460 naatttggct ttcttaatat atatatnnat atattatata ttataaggca tttggtatgt 23520 gcaacctttg tatgctattt ctatggattc gtgttgtccg gggctgttga ccgaataatt 23580 ttcgcttggt tcagagttat tttgattttc ttggtcatta attttggcgg gttgaacctg 23640 ttgttgctct tcattaatga acccatgatt ttggtataga ttgtattgat tgtggttata 23700 atactggtgt tcataataat taagttaaaa ttgttcgaag ttttgaagtc aaatttcgtc 23760 aatagacatt ttggtttgtt cactgtccga tggtcttagt cgtattttta gatgtttgga 23820 tgtttagatg ttgttttcgt tgagggtagg tatatcctct gaaatgtgct atttgaggat 23880 tttgggtttt gttgggatat cgtgggaaag gatttttttt aataattggt tatgtgttca 23940 tgtattggac gggtctgaaa taattaggtg ccggtcacat aggttggttg ttagtcatct 24000 gtcgtgtatt ggtgggtcta aatggtggtt gcatgcattg taaaatttgg ttggaagggt 24060 tgagaatatt gtggataact tggtcgatat tgagtttggg tattgctatt gaatttgtgt 24120 gatttagaat tttgattaag attaaagttt ttatatcgat ttttatttaa tttaaaatta 24180 atatgttcgt cataaattcc ctcatttttt gcaatagaaa ttaaagatct tacgtcatga 24240 taagttaaaa tagtgaagaa tagtattggt agttttatat ttatttattt aataaataat 24300 aaatgtaaca aataagaaat tncggtttgt tacctttcag gtgtaatttc gaaatcaaca 24360 tttgacgtcg atttccgcaa aaagattggg nnnnnnnnng aattctccta gatttccttt 24420 gttaggtgtc tccatgaagt tcacnagtag tttgtagttc ggtgattgga gcttaaatgc 24480 tgagataagt ctggatttca gggttggcca atcttcgatg ttcggaagtc ccatagatgg 24540 tgctacttgt ccgtccaagt ttctttcgat ggctccaagt aaaatcctct gttgtcgcac 24600 atcattcgtt tggtagagcg aaattacgta gtccaatctg ctgacgaagg tgtgggaggg 24660 tttctggatc acgcttgaat ggcatgatgt ttttagctaa cgacggtctt cagggaggtt 24720 gttgtcgctt agcgcaacga tttggggtgc ggcaataatt ggttgtgcca ctgtaattnt 24780 ttattttttt attatacttt cttctttgtt tttatttatt aaagttttcc gacagttttc 24840 aggttataat ctcttataat tttaaaacta atatttaaaa tttggaaatt gcaaaaatta 24900 tattttggaa tttttagttt attttaactt gttttaactt cttgtagttt ttatttcgaa 24960 taataattca cttatgtttg tattgtttat tttaacttgt ttcacgtatt agtttttatt 25020 tcgaataata attcacgtat gtttgtatcc ttaaaatgtt attggtctta taggattgtt 25080 taattttctt cttttttctt ctgtgttgga caaccgaatt ggatttataa cccaagttga 25140 agttaaataa gagtcagttg cgtaattaac tgcgagaatt acggattata caatttaatt 25200 tattttccac tcgtggttct gatacttttt gtatcctttt gcgccagtaa gatatttgtt 25260 atatttttga gtcgaactaa tgtcccgtca gttgaacttc cttattcgga tatcagctta 25320 agactaaatg atagtgacaa aaatctttct tccccttttc cattttcctt gctcttttat 25380 atgctacttc caatgtgaat ttactttcct tagcatagtc aatggttttt tagcataaaa 25440 tgattctttg ttgatggttg taagaaaaaa tgttggtaaa ttgttctacc aaatactatt 25500 tcgtatggac aatatttatg tgccatagga ggggtcaaag acactataat aacaagatgc 25560 gtaacggcca tacattggtt tggccaaaga ccctagaata acaagatgcg taacgccata 25620 cgattttttg gcacacgatt ttttcgccgt ggctctagag gtggctccag gctctctcga 25680 atttttgtta gagagcgaga gagcggagag cgctacagcg aacagaccaa aattgctctc 25740 tttccgctcg ctcccgctga gagcataaga aatctaaaaa tagaatttgc ttgcttgggt 25800 gagtnaarwm aasagancga gaacnaaagt catatcaaag acactagaat tattctagtg 25860 ccgcaagatg aatactctaa tgacaaatat tcttatataa agtcattttt gaaatttatt 25920 tttgtgataa tatgtncata gttttggcta tttcaaatct attatcaaat aataataacg 25980 wwnwggcaat gcaaaacaag aatttttcgc atggtgccaa ttgatcnaaa ataatataga 26040 tttaaagtcn aagaacttct aaggtgaagg gcatattttg tcaaatttac aatgcatgag 26100 cntacgtctg caccgtctgc acacatacag ttgtctgcta gcactttatg cgttgaaacg 26160 agctgttcgc tgtagcgctc tccgctctct cgctctctac caaaaattcg agagagcctg 26220 gagccacggc gaaaaaatcg tgtgccaaaa aatcgtatgg cgttacgcat cttgttattc 26280 taaggtcttt ggaggggtag tgttgaagca gtattcaaag tattgaagcc aaatgtccca 26340 atcagttttg gatcgtatat atttactaag agttctatgg cttctttcaa ctactccaac 26400 tgtctggtaa tgatntgtta taatttttaa tgatatattt tttattttaa agtgttttat 26460 tcacagatca gatattacta aattcttatg tctgttccca tgtccgtaat gaacgttttt 26520 attggaccgt acttcagaat aaaagattca aatatcgctt tggctacggt atttgcattt 26580 ttgtttggta tggtatggct actaagtatt ttgtcatgtc acatatgaga gtgactgcat 26640 atatgtacat taccattttc cgattttggt agtgggccaa ttgtatctac aaccctatca 26700 tatgcctgtt ctagtgtttc atttatcgtc attggtgttt tgatatgtgt aattattttt 26760 gtttttggaa cgatggaatt tttttgtgta ctcttttatg tacttagaca tatttttcca 26820 aaaatacaat aatatctttg caccttgacc aaggtttttg aaatgccagt atgtcctcct 26880 catcatgttg tgtagacgtt atagcttctt tttctatttt ggtcaccggg ctgagtagcg 26940 ctactcttaa tacgtttaat tgttaatttt aattttaatt tttcattgcc cacatttttg 27000 aaagtctatc gaaatatttt caaagttatt ttcccacggt gccattttaa ctgtcttgat 27060 tttgtgtata ccggcctggt tttcaagcct ttggaaaaac tgatctaaat cgagatttcc 27120 aataggtaca aatcaccaat tttataactt gcaatgtttt tctttccatg tttgaaaaaa 27180 catatcatat ttttcagatt gctaatgaat gtaaatacgt tgggctttga ggtttttatt 27240 gattactttg gcaattctat tttttcattt tcttctcttt cgcaggaatt ttgtctacat 27300 tgatatctgg tagtgagtat aggtattttt cggtttttat ttttttctca ttgaaactag 27360 gtatgttaaa ggtctctgtg gtcactttga actaaaaaat gcctaccata tacagtttgt 27420 caagaaactg tttacacact gtgaaataag ttgaattttt gactttaaag ctaaaaataa 27480 agggtntttt gcttaattaa acgcaatttt tttataaaat ataattaaac aatatttatt 27540 ntacttataa atnaaaacac aaattaaaaa tattaaatat acnagaaaat aaacaacana 27600 ttccaagttt acacactttt gagactgtca agaaactctt tacacaaaac actaaatcga 27660 agtttaatcc taaatttttt aattatytta ttaaaatttt aaaagtttng gtatgtarya 27720 tgtttccccm ttkgctttag ctacaagttg aagccttttt ttcatggatt ggacaagttt 27780 ttgcaggtca tattcaaacg ggatcttttc acactcttcg actattacag tcataagctg 27840 ttgttgtgtt ttaggtccct ttttgccacc ttcttcttta agtaggtcca caaattttca 27900 atggggttca gatcaggact ctgagggggc gtatcgatca ctttaccaca gttattaagg 27960 cgccaggtgc gtacattgca ctctttatgt ttctgatcat gtcctggtaa aacttaagat 28020 ntggcttgtt gttgctaact agaccgaatt tttntgcact ggccttcaca tttgtttttt 28080 aacatttcta gatattgcac ggcagttatt gtgctctcaa ttaaggctag ttttcccact 28140 ccacggctgg tgatacagcc ccaaaccatc agtgacattt ttccaaattt tatcgttgga 28200 atgatatttt gtttttctag cgcactcaac ggtttgcgcc atactctgct tggcccgtcg 28260 ttataaaaga gcatcatttt tgtttcgtca caaaatatga cgtcatccca gtactcttcc 28320 gcatgatcca tcatgctcac agcgaattaa tgaccgcttt tccatattgg catctgatag 28380 caaagggttt ttccttgcaa atcttgaaga gtacctatgg cgtaggatga cttggcgcac 28440 agtttcgtgt gacacagtta ggtggcattc ttgcctgata tccagagcaa gtgatctgac 28500 cgagattggg gggtcgcaat cactattcgc ataataaagc ggtctacacg ctttttaatt 28560 ttaattttcc gcccaccacc actcttaggt tcaagcctgc cctctttttc cgagcctttt 28620 aaaacattgt agacggtctt acgggataca ggaaacattt atactaattc tggaaaagat 28680 tttcccaact ggtggttata gtttattaat tgggtaactt caaaagttaa tctctttcca 28740 ngcattttat taaattaata attcgcttta agcacgtttg gatcaagcaa aatttcacaa 28800 gcaaaagtna caaaatttna atagaagcgt tgtaaaaagc aatgcaaagc caaaataacc 28860 gaaaaatcga gttcgttcta agaaaaagaa cnaacaaagt aggaaaacaa atgtggtaag 28920 agtttcttga cagtctcaaa agtgtgtaaa cttggaattt gttgtttatt ttcttgtata 28980 tttaatattt ttaatttgtt ttttgattta taagtaaaat aaatattgtt taattatatt 29040 ttataaaaaa attgcgttta attaagcaaa aaacccttta tttttagctt taaagtcaaa 29100 aattcaactt atttcacagt gtgtaaacag tttcttgaca aactgtatat gtgtcggcga 29160 gacagcagtt tcagccattt catttattca cttcgcgatt ttgtgcgtca gcgcagcaag 29220 ttccgatcga cgtcagcagt aaaacttcac tgaagggatc ttcttacatg tcccttcttc 29280 atcatattct ctaatgtcta tacacactgg cgtgtgccac attgtcatct cgttctaaca 29340 cactatttat gaccactcga tcggacctca ctcagctgca gaggctgttc gtgcctctgc 29400 cgcagcgctc gacagaattt taccgcaata ttacaattcc atcagaatat gaaatcacag 29460 aaggaatttc tggaatgcga aaagtcgcgc tccgacacgg ccttcctgac ctttcacacg 29520 tcctcgtgtg cctaatccac caatcaagtc caagtcacac aacttcgtca acttaagaac 29580 aattaatgac nacnagtaat aatcagtaat tatttaattg gcaattcatc tcatgactgg 29640 ttttcttttc caaaggacat ttccatttac atatcaaaac tttnaactat ttaccatttc 29700 catgacttta atttctcata ataacattgg cgtggcttct ttnacaccaa tctttttgcc 29760 ccggcataac acttttggcc ctgcgagtta gctggtatag tgcagtcatc atctcttgan 29820 tnccgccata acacttctcg tccnggcgng ggagctgtta tagtgcagnc atcatctctt 29880 gacccccgcc ataacacttc tcgtccctgc gagttagctg ttatagtgcg gtcacacgcc 29940 attctattca tgacgttcgc caaatgttnc ctttcttggg cacgatcact agtgccatct 30000 ttaaactctt ttccctcttg ggacacagat gtacgatcac tagtgccatc cctcaactgt 30060 tntctctgnt gggagtcacc attacattca tgcgaatatt natatgtncg cttgataact 30120 aacgacttca aattgngtcg atgaccatct agtacattaa tcactcgatg atactcctca 30180 cttaacacat gaactcatac cgaactacta catcctttcg cttggcnncc ttgcttgtac 30240 gctcattngn tnncaacctg cccattngct ctgctggcat ctgnagctat tgaaaacaac 30300 tcaatcctgg nnggngaaca aaactcacgg aactngntgc tgacaaagct nctgccttga 30360 tccactatga tgcgactggg agctctaagg aaagacatac tngactcttc tatagaatcc 30420 gctggccatg ttaaaccaaa ngaaaaaaaa tntttcccnc nccgcaancg ntcntttgat 30480 ccaaaatcca ggaancaatg gaaantgagt cgatatgggg cgcccttgac cactttnatt 30540 tttaattact ttaaacgaat ttccaatgcg cnttatttgg tatcccagtt acgaaactat 30600 cggcatactt ttccaatata tttcttaatt acatttatca ttatcgctta cttctgtatt 30660 gatgtcaaaa agtttttcca aactattctc atgtgcatta ttttgaacgg cattgataac 30720 tttggatttg tacatgctaa atttattaga tttaatcaat aaaacgaaac caagctctaa 30780 tatgtcttgg ccaatcatta tgtcgtactt taaatagttg tccactacaa catgaaacaa 30840 aatatctaaa ttcaattgag acatttggac tgtttatagt atttgcaagt ggctcttaac 30900 tacattgtca ccaattcctc ttaaaacaac taggttatta attctcttgc cagccaattt 30960 gttacttaat ttatccttta ttaaagaaca ttcggcgtcc gaatcgaaaa aaaaatgaaa 31020 agggctcacc caattgaaaa agtggactgt tttttcaatt gggtgagccc tttccatttt 31080 ggaaggaggc aggcaccaca atgtcattaa cgtctgtgaa gtttacacta gggcagctga 31140 aatagtgaag ctttttacaa acgccctgat actccagaga gtcctcagct aggttcaact 31200 tgactccggc ctgtgttaac aggtctaggc ctataatagt gtcgaacgag ttgagcgaat 31260 tcaataggaa gaatggggag gtgtgcttga ataccttcat aaagcacttt tgcttgattt 31320 cggtggagcc atgtattgag ctcaccgaga acggactggc gaccggcatt atatttttta 31380 gctcttttac ggacttaatg taattatttg ccgcgccggc gtcaattaac atctttaaag 31440 ttctcccagc caaccgtcgt cgcttgaagc gttctcattg tcactgtcga tatcctcgac 31500 tgcagccttt gctgcattct catattcctg cttggggtct tttgcgttag ggtctttagg 31560 cttgggattt tcttggacaa cattattgat gcgctggcgt ctgggacctg tcgaacggtc 31620 tgaggaattt ctccctttat aagtattggg cccattttgg ttattcctat tgtattcggt 31680 ccgctgtctg aacctggatg acgcgtagac ctccatgggc tgangtgctt gcgcctggtt 31740 gtcattatta ttctgcggaa tggtattacc ttttggtcgc cagacaaagt gcgtgcttct 31800 ctcctggcgt tggtctctcg ntgtctttcc cttgtctacc ctggaaacng ctcttgccgt 31860 tgcgctcgtt cctctatacc ttggcgtana aactcgcgaa catgctcctt tcaatgcttg 31920 cttncgcttn tttggccaaa ccnaggcana tgcaagtccc tgggtttagc cgggaagacc 31980 acagctctaa gggacttttt gaggcccgnt ntggnggcat gcagggcatc ggctcttant 32040 tcagcgttca gtaagtcagc gccctcttgc tcgtgtgtca tcacaatttt gttggtgacg 32100 agcgtcaatt ttttttcgac ttcgtcgtag tattgcatca atggcatgtc cccttgcctg 32160 accatctcta atacctgcct cagtaggcgt acggatgtct tgtctgagta cgtgcagtct 32220 aacctagcca aaatggcatc gaaattcaac ccagtattgt gagatagtag tagggctcca 32280 gctgcgcctc gaattttgtt tcgtaggatg gctacggctt ggtaatgagc actggtaccg 32340 ttacagggct tgaatagggc gtaagcgtat atggcccgct tgcctncagg cttngccaag 32400 acaattgggc aacagttaaa actcttcatt taaggtccct aattacttat tttattttta 32460 tagtgtttgg taattcctaa gaatatttct ccaccctgtg atgttaagat acaaatatga 32520 tgtacggatt cttcacttaa taaataataa ttttaaaaaa aacttgtttt ttgcttttcg 32580 ttttattttt ttttttagag acacttgatg ggcagccgag taaatagctt gtcaaactta 32640 catgttctgt agcgtaacta ccttgttgac tatttgcggt ccttgatgaa gttgggcgtt 32700 atgtagatat gcatttctct gctgtgtcca gagttatgta agatatgtat ttctcttctg 32760 tgtccagagt tatttctctc ctgtgtccaa gagtcttcct tctcacactc caaatgggac 32820 acgtcggact tctacaatcg aacggtctca gcatagagcg ctgaactcca ttatggcgcg 32880 tcagcattac tttgcgtggc tacttagttg ctaagggaat gtgaacttga tggtttgtta 32940 acttgtatgc aaaattcttt gctaaaatct gggtactgaa gaagtatagg tttcattaat 33000 tcccttttaa tatacttaaa tgcgtggcgt gatttttcta taacattttg atttaatctt 33060 ctataatgat tataaaatgc aacgaatcgt ctagcttcgt ctgcatttgc tggtttggga 33120 tagtttttga ttacgtcgtg acctaaatat gtaacctttt ttataaggga agtacatttt 33180 tctggatgga gttttagctt atgctgtatg cataatttga atacatcggt taagttcttt 33240 accatatgcg tctcagaaca accgattact acttaatctt ccatttataa aacgcttgca 33300 aaatttgtaa gcatgcgaac gcaagtgtca tcattctttg taaggaattt ggtgctattt 33360 ttaaaccaaa tggcaatcac gtgtagcggt attcacctgt tgaagctgag aatgatgtta 33420 tattacttga cctttcttct aattcgattt aatgatcaag aatatcttct attcttggaa 33480 gatggaattt atctgctagc aatttcttgt ttacttggcg atagtcaact actagtctcc 33540 atcgcttttc cgccgactta ggcattgact tcttgggtac taagagaggt gggcttttat 33600 attctgatac agatggtgct acaataccct cttctatcaa ttggttaact tgcctttgta 33660 ttcctggctt acgactttct ggctttttat agttttttat gtgcttctgc aaagctttgc 33720 cttctttgtc ttgtgtgtcc gtgacaacgg acaacgtgcc ggctcgaatg gaattatgat 33780 gttatcgtcc ccgggttaag acaacgctcg gcctgggacc acctttgccg accactgact 33840 ccactgtccc tttcaaacac tacaggtccg tgtcgtgtcc tccgcaggac cacctgtggg 33900 ctgaaatggg ttcaggatgt tatgtggcag ggtgtgtcgt ctacgggtta aggtaacccg 33960 taccacctca gcctgggacc acctttgctg acactgactc cactgaccct ttcaaccacg 34020 ccaggtcctt gttcttccac tgcaaggatc gatctccacc tcgaattgct cgtccttatg 34080 tgtgctttcc gacactttct gctgtccaac gctttcacag ttcgctcttc actgactcct 34140 cctcgcgttc taactcattt tctccttcgg acggtttagc atccaccttt agactgcgtt 34200 ccttttcgtc cggtactctt ctcgactgtc cttctcgctt gttgggactg gctgccccga 34260 gctgcacttg cgtcgtccct ttataggccg cgggatcccg ttatttcccc ttttgcgcaa 34320 gtctcgattc caacgcggta ccggtagttc acgttctctc ctcaatgccg gggttcaagg 34380 tccattaatt accgttcaac ctgaccgacc ttgactcttc ttgcattcca gccgtcttca 34440 ctgctgctag gccgctcccc tgcaccggaa tttgtgggga gttttaagac tctttacaaa 34500 acatcgatct ttcatatgac ttcagatctt gcaggcagaa ttaatttatt ttcaaaagaa 34560 tttatacgtg tatacgtgtt tatgttcctg atgttattgg gccctactgt gaaccaatca 34620 tcctggtctt ggaatttcaa aatacaagtg tacttcttta taaagcccaa gccaaatata 34680 ccatcacctg gtgtatttta ttgattattt ctgcacttta ggagtaaaat atcaacacct 34740 ttatctatta atgtcaacat gaataatttg tccggggtat tttggctagg gggtttcttt 34800 tatttctgga tgcgtggaat gtctgtcata cttagcagtc ttacacacca aacactgact 34860 cgcgatagct aaaacttttt cctcatttta ggaatgtata ctctttcgga caactgagct 34920 ttattttcca cagcatttct gtgtgctctg ttatgtgtcc taagtatttc ttcctcttgt 34980 tcggcttcgt taacaaggtc tttaacttta gtttgacaga atctaatctt gaaaccctga 35040 aaatggatgg ggtagagaat ttgtattttc cccattacat cctcagatgt gaaaattcca 35100 ttaatcacgg atgggttaag atattccttc aaatctgaca agagactatc aggtgtgaac 35160 aatttacgat ctactaaata cctatcgaat gtagggaatg gaatgctaaa tgagtaattc 35220 tctgactcgg acttcctgaa gaaaatttga tttttaaatg catttatcgg gatttgaacg 35280 ctacgtatca acccatggct cgaactgtcg gagctgtgca ttggtaaaag ctactgtgtt 35340 aatctgttcg actgtcggtc ctttggacaa aacgtcgggt acagtatttt ctttgcctgg 35400 cttatagaaa atctcgtagt catattcctc aaggtatgct ttccatcttt taatcctcgc 35460 attctcaatc caactactga gagaatggtt cagaggctga tggtctgtaa agattttacc 35520 tttgctttac cggaaaggta agtttttagc ttttttagag cccagataag aagaatctga 35580 tgaaacccac ttttcagatc gagcactgag aaaatcttgg tgctccaatt gtgccaacac 35640 ttcattaatg cagggatatg gtatctgtac gctactggta ccatattaag tttccgggag 35700 tcaattacca ccctggaatt tttctctttg ccaaaaggag tcgagttttt tttggggaca 35760 atccacactg gtgaatgatg ggacctgagg tcgaatgatt ccatcgggta aaaggggtcg 35820 aatgatcgca tccgtgtaaa agttcggaaa tttgtttgtg tacctcgtct ttaagagaca 35880 ttgggtactg atagaatttt gagtatattt ggcgtatccg atatagttcg gattgctgcc 35940 cttacacttg ttgtgtaggt tagtttttga ttcgggtctg cgaagagacc tgaatacgat 36000 atcaattatt ttattcaata tcattctctg ttccacctct aagtgtttta ttctcggact 36060 aattgtgcta acagcctcga actgtttttc tttgagaaca actcttttcc cgttttccag 36120 tgtcatggtt aggttcttca aatcaatttg cgctcccatt cccttcattg tgtctttgcc 36180 aagtatggcg tcaaaagtct tcagcgttgg taacaaaaaa aattttattt cgaaatcgaa 36240 aaaaaactct tttgtaatgc gatattttta catcaccgcc tggagtatca gctatgtaag 36300 gcttgttatt tggtatcgcg ttcgtcacca aattgggctg gatgtaattt ttattagagc 36360 ctgtgtcaat caacaccctt aaaacctttc cactccccac tctacattcg aagtatggta 36420 gtgaggagtc ttctactcta aaaaatgcaa cacgtggtct cgttgttcgc tgtccaaatt 36480 gtctatttgt ccatcacagt attcatttag tgtgccgttt atattgttct gggtttcata 36540 atcttgcatc gaccgttgat agcctgtcat gcttgaactg gacccagtta cttcaatact 36600 tggctgtctc atgttcactg tttggatgtt gtagttcttt tgtcgtttgt ttatgtccga 36660 gtgtggtcta ttcatataat taatgtttcg cgtctgtaca ctgccgtcca cgtcccattg 36720 gttctggtct tggttgtggt ttggtcgcaa agggacgggg tggggcattg tattgttgcc 36780 attgctgttg atagttttgt cggggtggaa tgaacggtgc attaccgaag ttagacacgt 36840 gttgccttgg cgccgggaat ggctggccta aatattgtgg aggtctcctc atgggatgtc 36900 gtggagggac cggtggaggc tgtcgatnnc caaaggcatt cgacggctga aaattgcggg 36960 gtgccggaat gggtttttcg tttcctctga aactcgactg ttgaccctta ttcgccgcat 37020 gggttggtga cctgaanagt ttgattttca agtttaaggc aataatgtaa agctgagggg 37080 agatcagctg gctcttttat tgccaaannn cgaggtaaat ctcctcgaag gcctctgata 37140 aaagtatcca gagctttttc tctgtacatt tttgtaacaa agtgctcgga ttctcggctc 37200 atttgcatgc agccgacttt atttagaata agcgacagat ttttgtagac gtcttggtgg 37260 aagtcttcca ccgactgctg gtggccttga accaaagttg acatttggta ttccaaggta 37320 gttatgtccc gtttatctgc gtaatgcaga gtgagacatc tcgacatggc cttccagtcc 37380 agcggaatgc tgtaggactc gagtgccaca tcagcacttc caacaatttt atttcttatg 37440 gtatgaagta taccataata ttttggagta cccacaaatg gggtataagt ctccatgatt 37500 ctatcaacgc tctttttcca agacccgaat tctgctggat ttccagagaa ttccctgatc 37560 gattttacga tatcaggcac cctgtcaaag tccgctaaat tatttctgta ttcgggctcg 37620 ccgacctggt cgcaccttga tgctcacgta cagaaagtca agagtatcgt tantcattgt 37680 tttatcagcc cnggtaaact tggcccncng tttgccaatt aatgctgtct actgtnngac 37740 actcatgtct acgcgatgct gttcagncca ggtcgggtct tttctgaggg taaaggtctt 37800 ctcatttgaa ctgaaagctg agggtcttat tatattatta gggtttncca tgtgggcttt 37860 aaattcgggc ccaaaacntg cataaaacaa gcntaaacct aaacaaattt gaacttaaca 37920 aaagttgtgg gcagaaaata tggaatgcat ttgcttactt ttctttcgtt ttttttttta 37980 attttgcgtg caataataat ttagcttgcc gcggcaattt tgctttcaga gcattgtacg 38040 agaaaagaat tgtttctttc agaagatctc taggaactgg gttgaaaata taataaaata 38100 atattaccaa taataataat ataataataa taatataata ataaaaatat aaaaataata 38160 atagaataat aataatataa tataattata tatatatata tagtgacata tccataagtc 38220 cctaagactt aagcatatgc ctacatacta atacacttac aacatataca ccccaataca 38280 acatacacta ctccggatgt acccaacaga tccagaaaga ataagattgt taaaaaaacc 38340 ccattctaga taagtcaccc tggtagacta aacatccgcc cctaatttaa acaattcctt 38400 gcttaagcct caccccatcg tcacattccc acgttcaatg ctcggacccg aaatcccgaa 38460 aaacaaaagt atcgatttca ataaacaaat tataagaatc taagagcact tgtatccaag 38520 agcaaatgca cttgaatcca agagaaacgc aaagcttttt ctcttcacga tcagaatcct 38580 aaagtctaaa gtccatatta gaaaagctcg ataccgaggc ttgaacgtca atcaaatcag 38640 aataattatc agagttcagt ttgagaccta attgtaaaag gtcggtgttc ttctcaaata 38700 aaaagattgt aatcatttag tgaaataaaa attatatttt tttcacttat aaatattgca 38760 agtatttaat tatatataat atatataata tatataataa tatataatat aatatatata 38820 tataatatat ataataataa tataaaaata ataatataat aataataata ctataataat 38880 aacaatataa taataataat atagtaataa taatataata ataataatat actntatttt 38940 tttgntatac ttatttttta tcatgggtgg atgccagaat attaaattgc tgttgntgnt 39000 gntgatgata atgtcgctgt ggtggttttg gtactattgg nttcttctga ttcggagttg 39060 tcgctagctc acttttgtct cccgacttcg agcgtgttta aattttaata tttttcctgn 39120 gtacttttca ggttcntggc ggctctcccc ttcttcttct gntctttctc tggcttctct 39180 tcggtggggt caagcttcag cttctctaca cacagcctac tganctagaa taacannact 39240 ctccgcagat ggaatttaaa gcaatacaag nggtaaatgg ggattaatat cctagaggna 39300 tgctatgaat aaccaaaaaa tcaccncact acaattttgt caaatcgata gttccgcaag 39360 tttccaagcc cagactaaca agttaaaaga agtgctttgg aattatcaat cacaaagaat 39420 ctaaacatcc taggagcaca tccaagaggg ggcgaanntt cacttgaagt tccgagacaa 39480 ctggaagttc cataaagctc aatttacaac ggccttcaaa agctcattag actaaagtnc 39540 caaagttgat attcaaaagc tagagaacga tacttgaacg tcaatcaatc tgatcaataa 39600 gttaagttca gtttgagacc taaataatgg ttttaaaaaa aagtgatatt tttatgaaag 39660 attgcaaatt gcatatatat atatatatat atatatatat ttagatgcaa actcantgca 39720 tttgggaatg caataaaaat aactaagtta atttttaaat ttgtcaatac gaaacacttt 39780 taccagtata tatatatata tatattttac tattaacaaa ttaagcaaac acgatatttt 39840 ctacagtgga ttgcaaatgc atgaaggaag gaacttaacg gttaaacggg aaacaaccga 39900 aattttgccg cgcgtgccaa aagagtgtcc atatttttaa gatactaatt taaaaaaaat 39960 tacatggaga tatatatatc aaacgtggac gattcggcgt gatccataac gacttttaaa 40020 aaattcttaa ataattggaa atcaatatat atatattctg acgtatttgg tccaaccacc 40080 ggcacttaaa attatttcag gagaccctat aaaaaacagt ataataaagt aatcggagct 40140 gcggcagctc cgtttaaaac tcgtttgaat gtgcagcgcg gcctcagccg ttgttaaaca 40200 tttatccctc ggggactttg ttanctctgt ttcanaagtt cctattcaat ttcggnaatt 40260 cttttaccng ttggnattgt tagatccngn aatctttttc tttgaaatcc tctggtaatt 40320 catttgggtc attattaaga tagtattaga ctatcaaaat tgtaggtccc gatatgtcca 40380 aataanaggg gtttattgtt tattttgtgg taatattggc gtgcttcggg taaacattct 40440 accaatatat gtataggcag gcgtgctnat ttattgtgtc tttatgtaca aacnngtctg 40500 tgtgaaacat ttgtatgacc ttatcgtttt ggtaagatct tttattaata tctgccagtc 40560 caattatatt gcttaataag acataaatca gaggtgcagg gcgggactac taatattcct 40620 cttgtcgata gtgggtattc ttcctttacc agtatatttc gtttttttat tttttttttt 40680 ttatttttat attttattca tgatttacaa tttaaacctc ttaatcattc atatcatatt 40740 ttactttttt taggaaaatt ttaattttta caatttctac catagtttat ggtgccttta 40800 tttttccttt taatttccaa acgtagaatg agaccaggat gttttaactt caatctggct 40860 tactgttttt tgcctaaatc gatgagaagc gcttccggct tagcttgcag cgaatcggct 40920 tatacatatg tatagtgaca tatccataag tccctaagac ttaagcatat gcctacatac 40980 taatacactt acaacatata caccccaata caacatacac tactccggat gnacccaaca 41040 gataccagat aagaaaaaga ctgttatacg atcctcgaga atagaaanaa ccccaattct 41100 agataagtca cccactggta gactaaacat ccgtccccta atttaaacaa ttccttgctt 41160 aagcctcacc ccatcgtcac attcccacgt tcaaagctcg gagccgcaat cccgaaaaac 41220 aaaagtatcg atttcaataa acaaattata agaatctaag agcacttgta tccaagagca 41280 aatgcacttg aatccaagag aaacgcaaag ctttttctct ttacgatcag aatcctaaag 41340 tctaaagtcc atattagaaa agctcgatac cgaggcttga acgtcaacca aatcagaata 41400 attatcagag ttcagtttga gacctaattg taaaaggttc ggtgttcttc tcaaataaaa 41460 agattgtaat catttagtga aataaaaatt atattttttt cacttataaa tattgcaagt 41520 atttaattgg cgcagtcggt taggatccaa taaaataaaa gagtcctttt agtacggtac 41580 tgatcaactg aaggatatgc tatacgacta gctatccaag atcagcgaat taaaatagtg 41640 attcaaaaat attttttaat ccgcaaaaga atctacgtga aagtagtatt caaaataaaa 41700 tcccgtgcgg tcggaaacaa aaattaattt aaatttttta attccgaaac ttaaaaccaa 41760 gtttaaagaa aacttaaaat caagaaaact taaaaccaag tttaaagaaa acttaaaatc 41820 aagaaaactt aaaaccaagt ttaaagaaaa cttaaaatca agaaaactta aaaccaagtt 41880 taaagaaaac tcaaaatcaa gaaaacttaa agccaaaata agctagaaaa ctaaaagaca 41940 tcatggcagt cccacaactc tcagaaacac acctaaacca actgctaaac caaatcaaag 42000 aattaaacta ctacgatggc gcacctggca aattatctgg attcgtcaac caagtggaac 42060 aactgctcag tttataccca acacaggaag caagacaggc acacgtcata tatggagcag 42120 tgaagcggtt attagtggat tcagccttag aagtcgtaac ccaggaaaga gctaacacat 42180 ggctggacat gaagaaagca ctggcaatgg cattcaaaga ccatagacct tatgtaactc 42240 tcatcagaca attagaagac atatcatacc caggaagtat ctgtaagttt atagaaaaat 42300 tagaaacaca atactggatt atgttcgata agttagaatt agaaagtgac catgttgata 42360 aatcgaatta taccgaaatg ttaaacaaaa ctgttaaatc agtaatagat cgaaaactgc 42420 cggatagaat ttatatgtct ttggcacgta aagatattga tacaatttat aaattaaaac 42480 aagcatcaat ggaattaggc ctttatgatg ctattccaga aaatcaccgt tctaatagaa 42540 cagaaatgaa taaacgtagg aacaggggaa actataatca aaataataat caaaaatatt 42600 acaataatag aaatcacaac tacagtaatt attatcctag catgaatcag aatcataata 42660 cacaaccacc tcagaatccg actcaaccta tgacaaatca aaaccaatat tcaccgcgtt 42720 tcataccgaa taatcaaaga gggaattatt atgcatttag acgagactta acacaagctc 42780 agcagaacaa cccacttaat aacaccctta acttccaacc ttcgacatcg aataatatta 42840 acagacaagg gccagtaaaa agacaacgcg agagtcagag tgaccaaagc aggatggatg 42900 taaattttca tcaagctgcc tcggacactc aaatgataga gaaggacata caagtcccta 42960 tgtaaaaata attcatcata ataaaaatta taagggaatg atcgatacag gatcatcaat 43020 taacatcata agagaaaatt ttgagaactt agaagaaaag gaagaaaacc taatagtata 43080 cactattaaa ggaccaataa cactaaagag aagtataata ataaaaccta cttcagtatg 43140 tccgtctgct caaaaattct acattcacaa attttctgat aactatgatt tcttgttagg 43200 tcgaaagtat ttagaagata caaaagctaa aatagattat gctaacgaaa cagtaacact 43260 aggctcaaaa gtatttaagt ttctctatga agaaaagaag ggcgagaccg catccaaatg 43320 ccttgaccca caagaaaaga atgattccgc tctagtggac agaaccaaac caaaaatgca 43380 aaaggttaag accgcaccta agtgccttaa accaaagcat caacagcaga agaaagagac 43440 cgcattaccc aaatgcctca tttcaaatgt tgttaaagac acagtggaca atgatgtaac 43500 acatctcgat cccatgtccg ttgacaacga tatagtcaac ttcgcgatta acaatgagtt 43560 acgcgaatgt aacgagtata gactcgaaca cttaaatgca gaggaagttg aatgtttaaa 43620 gaagttccta tacgaatata gagacattca gtacaaagag ggcgaaaatt tgaccttcac 43680 cagtactatt aaacatgtca tccagactca acacgaagac ccagtatacc gtaaacccta 43740 caagtaccct caaagcgttg accaagaagt taacaaacaa attaaagaaa tgatagaaca 43800 agggattgtt cgcaaatcga agtcccctta ttgttctcct atttgggtgg tccccaagaa 43860 ggcagacgcc tctgggaaac aaaaattcag gttggtagtc gattacagga acctaaatga 43920 gataactgtt aacgacaaat ttcccattcc ccgaatggat gagatattgg acaaactagg 43980 tagatgccaa tactttacca ctatagatct agccaagggt tttcaccaaa tccaaatgga 44040 tgaaaattct attgcaaaaa cagctttttc aactaagcat gggcattatg aatatactcg 44100 tatgcccttt ggtttaaaaa acgctccagc tacttttcag agatgcatga ataatcttct 44160 ggaagattta atctacaaag actgtttagt ctatttagac gatattattg tttattccac 44220 tccattggaa gaacacattt tatccctaaa gaaagtcttt gaaaaactga gagacgctaa 44280 tttaaagttg caactagata aatgtgaatt catgaagaaa gaaactgnca aaaactgtca 44340 caaacccgac agttgaccct tatttgccgc atggtttgac ctgaaagttt gattttcaag 44400 tttaaggcaa taatgtaaag ctgaggggag atcagctggc tcttttattg ccaaaaggcg 44460 aggtaaatct cctcgaaggc ctctaataaa agtatccaga gctttttcaa catttttcta 44520 acgaagtgct cggattctcc gctcatttgc atgcagccga ccttatttag aattagagaa 44580 agatttttgt agacgtcctg gtggaagtct tccaccgact gctggtggcc ttcaaccaaa 44640 gttgacattt ggtattccaa ggtagctatg tcccgtttat cgacatggcc ttccagtcca 44700 gcggaatgct gtaggactcg atgccacatc agcacttcca acaattttat ttcttatggt 44760 atgacgcata ccataatatc ttggagtacc cacaaatggg gtataagtct ccatgattct 44820 atcancgctc cttttccaag acccaaattc tgctanattt ccagagaatt ccctgataga 44880 ttttacgata tcgggcaccc tgtcaaagtc cactaaatta tttctgtatt cggntcgatn 44940 acctgatcgc tcacgtcagt aaagtcaaga gtatcgttat tcatttgttt tatcagtcca 45000 ggtaaaactt ggaccaccgt ttggccaatt aatgctgtct actgttcgac actcatgtct 45060 acgcgatgct gttcaggcag gtcgggtctt tctgagggta ccggtctctc atttgaacta 45120 aaagctgagg gtcttattat attattaggg tttgccatgt gggctttaaa ttcggacaac 45180 acctgcataa aacaagccta aacctaaaca aatttgaact taacaaaagt tgtgggcaga 45240 aaatatggaa tgcatttgct tacttttctt tcgttntttt tttttaaatt ttgcgttgca 45300 ataataattt aagcttgccg cggcaatttt gctttcagag cattggtacg agaaaagaat 45360 tgnttctttt agaaganctc ttangaactg ggttggaaaa tataataaaa ataatattac 45420 caataataat aatataataa taatnatata aaaataataa tataataatn ataatataat 45480 aataaccatt ttannattat taatttnnna attatnattt attatattat aannttaata 45540 atttggnaac ctaaggntaa tatggggggg tggatgccag aatattaaat tgctgttggt 45600 ggtgnnnntg atgataatgt cgctgtggtg gttttggtac tattggttct tctgattcgg 45660 agttgtcgct agctcacttt tgtctcccga cttcgagcgt gtttaaattt taatattttt 45720 cctggtactt ttcaggttcg tggcggctct cccctcntct tcttctgtct ttctctggct 45780 tctcttcggt ggggtcaagc ttcagcttct ctacacacag cctactgatc tagaataaca 45840 ctactctccg ctgatggaat ttaaagcaat acaaggggta aatggggatt taatatccta 45900 gaggatgcta tgaataacca aaaaatcacc cactacaatt ttgtcaaatc gatagttccg 45960 caagtttcca agcccagact aacaagttaa aagaagtgct ttggaattat caatcacaaa 46020 gaatctaaac atcctaggag cacatccaag agggggcgaa attcacttga agttccgaga 46080 caactggaag ttccataaag ctcaatttac aacggccttc aaaagctcat tagactaaag 46140 tnccaaagtt gatattcaaa agctagagaa cgatacttga acgtcaatca atctgatcaa 46200 taagttaagt tcagtttgag acctaaataa tggttttnaa aaaagtgata tttttatgaa 46260 agattgcaaa ttgcttttta taaaaaatat atatatttag atgcaaactc antgcatttg 46320 ggaatgcaat aaaaataact aagttaattt ttaaatttgt caatacgaaa cacttttacc 46380 agtatatata tattttttta ctgattaaca aattaagcaa acacgatatt ttctacagtg 46440 gattgcaaat gcatgaagga aggaacttaa cggttaaacg ggaaacaacc gaaattttgc 46500 cgcgcgtgcc aaaagagtgt ccatattttt aagatactaa tttaaaaaaa attacatgga 46560 gatatatata tcaaacgtgg acgattcggc gtgatccata acgactttta aaaaattctt 46620 aaataattgg aaatcaaatt atatatattc tgacgtattn ctggtccaac caccggcact 46680 taaaattatt tcaggagacc ctataaaagt ataataaagt aatcggagct gcggcagctc 46740 cgtttaaaac tcgtttgaat gtgcagcgcg gatcctcagc cgttgttaaa catttatccc 46800 tcggggactt tgttanctct gtttcanaag ttcctattca atttcggaat tcttttaccn 46860 gttggnattg ttagatccng naatcttttt ctttgaaatc ctctggtaat tcatttgggt 46920 cattattaag atagtattag actatcaaaa ttgtaggtcc cgatatgtcc aaataanagg 46980 ggtttattgt ttattttgtg gtaatattgg cgtgcttcgg gtaaacattc taccaatata 47040 tgtataggca ggcgtgctna tttattgtgt ctttatgtac aaacnngtct gtgtgaaaca 47100 tttgtatgac cttatcgttt tggtaagatc tggtatcttt tctntgaanc ctccntgtaa 47160 ttcattttgg gttcatttac taagatagtt attggcctat caaaaattgt aggtnccgat 47220 atgtccaaat tatnnggttn antgtttatt ttgtgtagaa ttggcgtgct tcggtaaanc 47280 attctccaat atatgtatag gcaggcgtgc ttattatntg tctgtatgta catacctgtc 47340 tgtgtgaaac atttgtatga cttatcgttt tggtaagatc ttttattaat atctgcccag 47400 tccaattata ttgcttaata agacataaat cagaggtgca ggcggactac taatattcct 47460 cttgtcgata gtgggtattc ttctttacca gtatatttcg gtttttttgt tttttttttt 47520 ttatttttat attttattca tgatttacaa tttaaacctc ttaatcattc atatcatatt 47580 ttactttttt taggaaaatt ttaattttta caatttctac catagtttat ggtgccttta 47640 tttttccttt taatttccaa acgtagaatg agaccaggat gttttaactt caatctggct 47700 tactgttttt tgcctaaatc gatgagaagc gcttccggct tagcttgcag cgaatcggct 47760 tatacatatg tatagtgaca tatccataag tccctaagac ttaagcatat gcctacatac 47820 taatacactt acaacatata cacccccccn accacataca ctactccgga tgtacnnaac 47880 anataccaga taagaaaaag actgttatac gatcctcgag aatagaaana accccaattc 47940 tagatctaga taagtcaccc actggtagac taaacctccg tcccctaatt taaacaattc 48000 cttgcttaac cctcacccca tcgtcacgtt cccacgctca atgctcggac ccgaaatccc 48060 gaaaaacaaa agtatcgatt tcaataaaca aattataaga atctaagagc acttgtatcc 48120 aagagcaaat gcacttgaat ccaagagcaa atgcacttga atccaagaga aacgcaaagc 48180 tttttctctt cacgatcaga atcctaaagt ctaaagtcca tattggaaaa gctcgatacc 48240 gaggcttaaa cgtcaatcaa atcagaataa ttatcagagt tcagtttgag acctaattgt 48300 aaaaggtcgg tgttcttctc aaataaaaag ttttgtaatc atttagtgaa ataaaaatta 48360 tattttttca cttataaata ttgcaagaat ttaattggcg cagtcggtag gatccaataa 48420 aataaaagag tccttttagt acggtactga tcaactaaat gatatgctat acgtctagct 48480 atccaagatc agcgaattaa aatagtgatt cgaaaatatt ttagagatcc gtaaaagaat 48540 ctacgtgaaa gtagtattca aagtaaaatc ccgtgcggtc ggaaacaata atttaaattt 48600 tttaattccg aaacttaaaa ccaagtttaa agaaaactta aaaccaagtt taaagaaaac 48660 ttaaaaccaa gtttaaagaa aacttaaaac cagtttaagg aaacttaaaa ccagtttaaa 48720 gaaaataagt ttaaagaaaa cttaaaatca agaaaactta aaaccaagtt taaagaaaac 48780 tcaaaatcaa gaaaacttaa agccaaaata agctagaaaa ctaaaagaca tcatggcagt 48840 cccacaactc tcagaaacac acctaaacca actgctaaac caaatcaaag aattaaacta 48900 ctacgatggc gcacctggaa ttatctggat tcgtcaacca agtggaacaa ctgnctcagt 48960 ttatacccaa cacaggaagc aagacaggca cacgtcatat atggagcagt gaagcggtta 49020 ttagtggatt cagccttaga agtcgtaacc caggaaagag ctaacacatg gctggacatg 49080 aagaaagaac acggcaatgg tattcaaaga ccatagacct tatgtaactc tcatcagaca 49140 attagaagac atatcatacc caggaagtat ctgtaagttt atagaaatag aaacacaata 49200 ctggattatg ttcgataagt tagaattaga aagtgaccat gttgataaat cgaattatac 49260 cgaaatgtta aacaaaactg ttaaatcagt aatagatcga aaactgccgg atagaattta 49320 tatgtttttg gcaacgtaaa gatattgata caatttattt aaaacaagca tcaatgnaat 49380 taggccttta tgatgctatt ccagaaaatc accgttctaa tagaacagaa atgaataaac 49440 gtaggaacag gggaaactat aatcaaaata ataatcaaaa atattacaat aaatagaaat 49500 cacaactaca gtaattatta tcctagcatg aatcagaatc ataatacaca accacctcag 49560 aatccgactc aacctatgac aaatcaaaac caatattcac cgcgtttcat accgaataat 49620 caaagaggga attattatgc atttagacga gacttaacac aagctcagca gaacaaccca 49680 cttaataaca cccttaactt ccaaccttcg acatcgaata atattaacag acaagggcca 49740 gtaaaaagac aacgcgagag tcagagtgac caaagcagga tggatgtaaa ttttcatcaa 49800 gctgcctcgg acactcaaat gatagagaag gacatacaag tccctatgta aaaataattc 49860 atcataataa aaattataag ggaatgatcg atacaggatc atcnnttaac atcataagag 49920 aaaattttga gaacttagaa gaaaaggaag aaaacctaat agtatacact attaaaggac 49980 caataacact aaagagaagt ataataataa aacctacttc agtatgtccg tctgctcaaa 50040 aattctacat tcacaaattt tcngananna tnatttcngg tagntngaaa gttntnnaga 50100 nccaaangcc ttattgnttt angcaacggg ccagtagnta ggctcaaaat tntttagttt 50160 ctntatanaa aannaaggnn gagaccgcat ccaaacgcnt tgnccnaacc aagagaatga 50220 tncgntttag tggacanaat caaancanan atgcaaaagg ttaagacccc acctaagtgc 50280 cttaanccaa agcatnaaca tcaagagang gagactgcat tacccaaatg cgntcatttc 50340 gaatgttgtt aaagacacag tggacaatga tgtaacacat ctcgatccca tgtccgttga 50400 cnacgatata gccnacttcg cgattaataa tgagttacgc gaatgtaacg agtatagact 50460 ngaacacttn aatgcanagg aagttgaatg tttaaagaag gtcctatncg aatanagana 50520 cattcagtac aaagagggcg aanatttnnc nttcaccagt nctattaanc atgtcatccg 50580 aantcaacan gaagacccag tataccgtaa accctncang taccctcaga gcgttgacca 50640 anaagtcacc nancaaattn aananatgat aggcnaggga ttgttcnaaa atcgnagtcc 50700 ccttattgtt catcctatgt gggtggtccc caagaaggca gncgcctctg gganaaaaaa 50760 tgcaggttgg tagtcgatta cagnaatcta natganataa ctgttagcga ccaatttccc 50820 attccccgaa tgntntccct angtnagtcg tnntaanggc cgccagagnt tntcatntna 50880 nttcccgtnc cgttagcaa 50899 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of modulating chromatin structure, said method comprising altering expression of PARP-e.
 2. The method of claim 1 wherein when expression of PARP-e is increased, the expression of PARP-1 is increased.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein when expression of PARP-e is decreased, the expression of PARP-I is decreased.
 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said chromatin is present in a eukaryotic cell.
 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said chromatin is present in a plant cell.
 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said chromatin is present in an animal cell.
 7. The method of claim 6 wherein said cell is an embryonic cell.
 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said cell is a stem cell.
 9. The method of claim 1 wherein said chromatin structure is selected from the group consisting of heterochromatin and repetitive sequences.
 10. The method of claim 2 wherein modulation of chromatin structure results in gene activation.
 11. The method of claim 3 wherein modulation of chromatin structure results in gene repression.
 12. The method of claim 2, wherein said increased PARP-e expression effects chromatin decondensation.
 13. The method of claim 3, wherein said decreased PARP-e expression effects chromatin condensation.
 14. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).
 15. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).
 16. An isolated PARP-e protein comprises an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 2. 17. An isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to amino acids 1 to 613 of SEQ ID NO. 2 wherein said protein has the activity of modulating chromatin structure.
 18. An isolated polynucleotide molecule selected from the group consisting of a) a polynucleotide molecule having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; b) a polynucleotide molecule which is a fragment of a); and, c) a polynucleotide molecule which is the complementary nucleotide sequence of (a) or b).
 19. The isolated polynucleotide molecule of claim 18 having SEQ ID NO:
 1. 20. An isolated polynucleotide molecule comprising the polynucleotide of claim
 18. 21. An isolated PARP-e protein having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: a) the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2; and, b) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1; c) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of the DNA contained in Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10); and, d) the amino acid sequence encoded by an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of Genbank Accession No. AF533701 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or Genbank Accession No. AF533702 (SEQ ID NO: 10).
 22. A method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a first early insect embryo; b) culturing said first sembryo to produce an insect of a first mutant strain; c) creating an insertion mutation in the insect PARP-e gene of a second early insect embryo; d) culturing said second embryo to produce an insect of a second mutant strain; e) mating an insect of said first mutant strain with an insect of said second mutant strain; wherein larvae that contain both said first and second mutations show inhibited growth as compared to an insect not comprising both said first and second mutations.
 23. A method of inhibiting the growth of an insect, comprising: a) contacting embryonic insect cells with a composition comprising an effective amount of a dsRNA molecule specific for PARP-e, wherein contact with said dsRNA molecule inhibits growth of said insect.
 24. The method of claim 23 or 24, wherein said insect is a Drosophila fly. 